Viking Ring Isle of Man, silvered bronze

Product description

This Viking ring is based on the 10th–11th century Thorleif stone cross. The Vikings adopted the tradition of standing stones from the Celts of the Irish Sea region. Available in sizes S, M, and L.

Dragons were the mythical counterparts of serpents and appear in humanity's earliest myths. As humans migrated, dragon mythology spread across the world with them. Among many Indo-European peoples, dragons play a prominent role in mythology. In Germanic and later Viking mythology, dragons appear as all-devouring monsters — and as the evil beast a hero must defeat. These two archetypes, the destroyer and the hero's adversary, reinforce one another.

In Germanic mythology, rings carried sacred meaning. They symbolized an oath-bound connection between the wearer and their ruler, tribe, or deity. Torques and arm rings were common not only among the Germanic peoples, but also among the Scythians, Celts, and other Indo-European cultures. Indo-European society was deeply oath-based, built around the concept of cosmic order — maintained by the gods and upheld by a social hierarchy in which oaths and symbolic jewelry like torques affirmed bonds and status.