Many people have similar tattoos which express their neo-pagan belief, Scandinavian heritage, or interest in the myths.
#Valknut tattoo chest full#
He is displaying these tattoos to full effect, and wants them to be seen. Borrowed symbolsĪngeli claims that he wears his bizarre costume to draw attention to himself – but there’s surely another reason for the bare chest and precariously low-slung pants. Whatever its original meaning, it has been used in more recent times by various neo-pagan groups – and increasingly by some white supremacists as a coded message of their belief in violent struggle. Snorri Sturluson, a medieval Icelandic collector of myths, tells us in his “Language of Poetry” that a famous giant called Hrungnir had a stone heart “pointed with three corners”, and so the valknut is sometimes also called “Hrungnir’s Heart”. The Norse ‘Valknut’ symbol is usually linked to the god Odin and may refer to the glory of death in battle. As Odin is closely connected with the gathering of fallen warriors to Valhalla, the valknut may be a symbol of death in battle.
The symbol’s original meaning is unclear, but it appears in close proximity to the father of the gods, Odin, on the stones. It depicts a valknut – an image that appears on two Viking-Age stones from Sweden carved with scenes from Norse mythology, including the Stora Hammars I stone on the island of Gotland. Above these tattoos with a central place in Norse mythology is one that is more contentious.
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