Viking schild met raven en triquetras Emmers - meubels en interieur Introducing the Briannan Tunic

Introducing the Briannan Tunic

and was used in early medieval Scandinavia

oorspronkelijk als overkleed gedragen door mannen

These Gothic mittens

bij Tekija wat in de Romeinse tijd deel uitmaakte van de provincie Pannonia

Viking schild met raven en triquetras Emmers - meubels en interieur Introducing the Briannan TunicThis beautiful Viking shield is made of approximately 13 mm thick plywood, covered with linen, and extensively decorated with so called triquetras (also called triquetras trefoil or Trinity nodes) and ravens. The bird couple is a depiction of Odin's two messengers Hugin and Munin (or Huginn and Muninn), which are a recurring motif in Celtic and Viking art. In Norse mythology, ravens fly over Asgard and Midgard and return in the evening to the father