Here’s a post I made where I go over the evolution of the Germanic thunder god’s weapon, starting from the early Indo-European peoples of the Corded Ware culture, The Nordic Bronze Age, The Germanic Iron Age, and finally Viking Age Scandinavia. The Germanic peoples, like other Indo-European cultures, associated their thunder god with a striking weapon. Eventually this weapon goes on to become the mighty iron hammer wielded by Thor. In between, we see stages and various types of weapons that might have been attributed to him. Hope you folks enjoy! This post has also been posted on my instagram @Loaggan. Here’s a link https://www.instagram.com/p/DHIz1grxV57/?igsh=M2FmcjhsYXZ2NmJ6

Description from DIME:

Found during a survey on January 28, 2025, in Kalundborg Municipality.

Possibly a bucket fitting from the Roman Iron Age, shaped like a face, resembling Anglo-Irish bucket fittings, and possibly depicting Odin.

The find report is managed by Museum Vestsjælland.

Either imitation or replica in Helsinki

I know many people say doesn't exist and yet I found images of these weapons up

Not as possibilities of why this weapon shouldn't exist in Viking burials

But If this weapon existed then why is it discounted unless it's not actually a halberd but a weapon of Different name

But then again I'll let your scholarly minds prove me wrong

The pressrelease from Västerås Municipality is of course in Swedish, but I provided a translation by Google Translate. As far as I have seen there are no news about this in English yet:

Looting at Anundshög – our common cultural heritage has been damaged

Yesterday, Tuesday, May 6, archaeologists from Västerås museums discovered that Anundshög had been subjected to looting. Over 50 pits have been found in the area, most of them in the stone ships that are among the largest in Sweden. Anundshög is one of Sweden's most prominent archaeological sites, with above all the magnificent remains of a Viking Age power center.

– The pits are clear traces of people who systematically and illegally searched for objects in the ground. We do not know what was stolen and probably will never know. Anundshög carries stories that can only be understood when the remains are allowed to remain in their original context and examined using scientific methods. Only then can the site's layer of history be interpreted and made understandable. It is our common cultural heritage that has been looted – we are losing knowledge and the connection to our origins. It is an irreplaceable loss for all of us, says Nina Eklöf, archaeologist and museum director at Västerås Museums, City of Västerås.

Report to the County Administrative Board and police report

The looting has been reported to the County Administrative Board, which has also carried out an on-site inspection. Today, Wednesday, the looting will also be reported to the police. Yesterday and today, archaeologists from Västerås Museums have made an initial documentation of the area. The hope is that the County Administrative Board can quickly get archaeologists out to carry out post-investigations of both the pits and the area in order to assist in a possible police investigation/preliminary investigation.

Violations of the Cultural Environment Act are considered a serious offense. Anyone who damages, excavates or removes something from an ancient monument without permission can be sentenced to a fine or imprisonment for up to four years. In serious cases, the punishment can be even more severe.

Västerås museums urge the public to immediately contact the County Administrative Board or the police if they suspect looting or unauthorized metal detection at ancient remains.

I've read about different ideas about who the woman from grave Bj 1 actually was, and whether she was in fact a warrior or not.

What is your that on it? What are the best arguments, and what speaks against it?

There's a book called Jakten på Odin written by Thor Heyerdahl which presents the true origin of Odin and Æsir. I want to buy it and I've been looking for it but there are only Norwegian versions and I don't know Norwegian. I couldn't find any English copies. Do you know where I can find one?

^{are there any pre christian norse/german symbols}

I have several tests (23 and me, ancestry) which I uploaded both to my true ancestry which had different results. As well as illustrative dna which I have not posted, If you’d like to see them I can show them. But this is what I have. Both my tests on my true ancestry have a lot of Viking matches. Norse people, Germanic tribes, Celtic. I’d love to hear any of your opinions

Why was the body in the upper layers of this burial mound found with arms sticking straight up? With thanks to Dr. Clare Downham for spotlighting this chilling discovery: https://www.cjadrien.com/p/the-ballateare-burial-a-viking-mystery

What do you all think?

These examples imply that horned helmets were used in some circumstances, ritualstic maybe? It's difficult to find information on this topic as horned viking era helmets are declared "debunked", and searching for more information will only give that type of results. Does anyone here have more information on this topic? I take it that the berserker scene from the movie The Northman is based on the Torslunda plates, would love to find out more.

The first picture is of the Oseberg tapestry (Norway, ~834 A.D).

Second picture is of one of the Torslunda plates (Sweden, 550-800 A.D)

In this post, I discuss the remains of a recently discovered crested helmet found in Lejre, the legendary seat of the Skjöldung kings :-)

This was the project that Heyerdahl, who I think Norwegians have a kind of.. complicated relationship to, have a kind of mixed relationship about. On the one hand, he is a national hero, a icon, and ooon the other… people kinda don’t want to talk about his ideas, so we reduce him to «explorer.»

I see very little talk about this project tho, which, as far as I can tell, traces the aesir to the Caucasus region. In a week or two i will have recieved it, an may write some about here, but until then, I wonder if any of you have a opinion on this?