Thorshammer Bornholm

Size about 3x2cm
Thor's hammer after a find on Bornholm/ Denmark
  In Norse mythology, not only living people have names, but also special objects. Like Thor's hammer. His name is Mjöllnir, which means "lightning", "shining weapon".

With this hammer Thor fights against the thursen (giants) and the Midgard snake and thus protects the people from evil. Fighting the ice giants, for example, protects the fields from hail in spring/summer and gives people rich harvests.

In the graves of Birka in Sweden, small and larger Thor's hammers are found in women's graves and were sometimes carried in groups of 3 or more on chains.
In this larger version, the hammer is very suitable as a single piece on a chain or as a center point.
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