{"product_id":"slavisch-svantevit-amulet-wolin-9e-10e-eeuw-brons","title":"Slavic Svantevit amulet Wolin, bronze","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis amulet is modeled after a wooden cult statue found in 1974 on the Polish island of Wolin. A total of four comparable statues are known, each around 6 cm high and dating from the 9th-10th centuries, each with four faces — possibly symbolizing the four directions or the four seasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSvantevit was a high Slavic god, worshiped by the Ranen on Rügen and other Elbe and Baltic Sea Slavs as a god of war, god of fertility and abundance, and as an oracle — comparable to the Slavic god Perun or the Viking god Odin. At Cape Arkona on Rügen there once stood a wooden Svantevit statue in a square temple, which served as the spiritual center of the Slavs until the Danish king Waldemar had the temple destroyed in 1168. According to tradition, the statue bore a sword in one hand and a drinking horn in the other, with which a priest annually predicted the harvest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA meaningful one amulet for those who want to portray early medieval Slavic culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Celtic WebMerchant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53646604042568,"sku":"0 Svantevit bro","price":29.43,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0891\/2892\/7560\/files\/swantevit-anhaenger.jpg?v=1785866667","url":"https:\/\/www.celticwebmerchant.com\/en-no\/products\/slavic-svantevit-amulet-wolin-9th-10th-century-bronze","provider":"Celtic WebMerchant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}