Belt end Midgardsnake

Product description

This belt end is inspired by the Jellinge art style (890-990). It is bronze-coloured and suitable for belt strip with a width of 3 cm. It measures 4.8 x 2.5 cm.

The ribbon-shaped beasts, the animal heads and profiles, the almond-shaped eyes and the beast biting its own body are all common in the Viking art style Jellinge. This belt end is based on historical example and looks elegant. The Jellinge style was universal throughout the Viking world and could be found in every European country the Vikings travelled to during the 10th century.

The beast depicted on this belt end is the Midgard Serpent, or the Midgard Snake. The god Thor was in conflict with the Midgard Serpent. In Old Norse myth you can read that it was foretold that Thor and the Midgard Serpent would kill each other during Ragnarok, the end of the old world. The god Odin would be eaten by the Fenris Wolf.