{"product_id":"ukko-bijlhamer-amulet-ylipaa-9e-eeuw-verzilverd-brons","title":"Baltic Axe Amulet Ylipää, silvered bronze","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis amulet is modeled on a Viking Age pendant found at Ylipää near Lieto in Finland and dating to around 800 AD. It depicts the Ukonvasara, the ax hammer of the Finnish thunder god Ukko.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnlike the Western Scandinavians, the Finns in the Viking Age did not carry a Thor's hammer, but this similarly shaped amulet, also called Ukonkirves (axe of Ukko) — like Thor's hammer, it was supposed to summon lightning and thunder. Ukko was the high god of Finnish mythology and the highest god in the Kalevala, usually depicted as a gray man with a flowing beard and a hammer in his hand; the current Finnish word for thunder, 'ukkonen', is still named after him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn atmospheric one amulet for those who want to portray Finnish mythology or the Viking Age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Celtic WebMerchant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53646604632392,"sku":"0 TH Ukko sip","price":22.85,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0891\/2892\/7560\/files\/thorshammer-finnland_c8e28f4b-ef77-4926-85bb-594cd9732679.jpg?v=1785866679","url":"https:\/\/www.celticwebmerchant.com\/en-at\/products\/ukko-ax-hammeramulet-ylipaa-9th-century-silvered-bronze","provider":"Celtic WebMerchant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}