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Inktober 27: Good ol’ Thor

God of Thunder🌩️

If I were a jewelry maker, and my specialty was jewelry made of God symbols, anything from the Norse pantheon would probably be my favorite thing to make. When it comes to symbols, their specific ornamentation style would be the easiest to do I would suspect. Yeah, there may be a bit of intricate knotwork, but with most of it being straight lines and hard corners, the designs really lend themselves to line art. The point is, it makes drawing symbols really easy and clean. 

In Norse culture, the most popular, and arguably the most powerful, symbol would be Mjolnir. Mjolnir is the hammer, and primary weapon, of Thor, the god of thunder. Everyone knows Thor. Maybe you’re really into paganism, or maybe you’re a comic fan, or maybe you’ve just been alive for the last ten years, but everyone has heard of Thor. His symbol is just the drawn version of Mjolnir, which sort of looks like a cross or an anchor depending on which way is up. It is nearly indistinguishable from the God himself, as he is thunder, and lightning is created when he hits his hammer against something. In most instances, the image of Mjolnir is engraved with a triquetra, which is three vesica piscis overlapping each other. This represents three of the nine realms (Asgard, Midgard, and Utgard) which are guarded by Thor. 

With Thor being essentially the main god that the Norse people worshipped, he covered a lot of ground. He was the god of the storm, but also protection from that storm, so Mjolnir was used as an amulet or necklace as protection from negativity or danger. Thor was also the agriculture god, and subsequently, a bit of a fertility god. Mjolnir amulets were used to bless births and funerals, but mostly weddings because it was a symbol of strength for the couple and a blessing of many children. Generally speaking, it’s a real shame that it’s being co-opted by NeoNazis.