Valhyr

I make viking and norse inspired artwork, apparel & jewelry

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Skoll and Mani resting
This is a reminder to take it easy and rest from chasing your dreams. You will get there eventually

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Live your life so that you protect and inspire kids, otherwise greybeard here will have a talk with you

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rego at it cause overall i wanna perfect my knotwork style a bit but now i finally understand how i wanted to depict it back then, so expect a bit more knotworky things from me in the coming days too :D if theres anything specific youd want me to try let me know!

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Binding of Fenrir
The concept of the piece is that the knotwork style represents the binding of the wolf with open ends representing the bindings breaking loose as they do during Ragnarök. The plates around the face representing the 6 things used to make Gleipnir, which is ...

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possesses, so in the face of his inevitable fate in the hands (or rather jaws) of Fenrir he loses all the things attributed and associated with him
This is based on an older pic I did and i had said i would redo it but I forgot :D so anyway heres an update, ill have another ...

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cultures be them old or new. Not understanding something doesn't make it stupid, doesnt make you stupid either. It just makes it different, and that is the beauty of life - there's always something new to learn, to explore, and to experience, so go out there and learn

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Shaman
My depiction of a spiritual leader from the far north of our homeland. The shaman is decorated with symbols reminiscent of the Uralic people and decorated with accessories that would enhance its melodic drumming and dancing
This is based on the illustration of ...

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to the values and norms of their times, as today we apply our social behavings and current culture to everything - and it is important to learn how to lift this timestuck view on things, instead understanding that you need to factor in more things when dealing with other ...

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Loki and Fenrir

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King Björn

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A shaman sheltering the summer sun in her lap as the winter sun starts shimmering more and more above her, the days turning shorter and darker…

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Skärstorm Ran

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were all together. And by telling these stories we are all once again for a brief moment with our ancestors

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Kalev and his fleet
His an ancient supposed ruler of the Estonians and Finns as well as likely the ruler of Oeselians and Karelians - back when those people were still a more unified entity. There are likely mentions of this ruler in the 6th century Anglo-Saxon poem Widsith ...

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people he sails to raid with but the people keeping him alive by carrying his story forward. Learn about your history, folklore and mythology and tell these to your kids, as one of the main reasons we know so much about our past is because our ancestors would do this when they...