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	<title>The Viking Rune: All Things Norse &#187; Germanic Symbols</title>
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	<description>Viking Symbols and Norse Runes in the Heathen Germanic Culture</description>
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		<title>Thor&#8217;s Hammer &#8211; A Norse Viking Symbol</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mjöllnir or Thor&#8217;s hammer is the weapon of the Norse god of thunder. Initially, Thor&#8217;s hammer was thought of as made of stone, but in the Eddaic tradition it is an iron weapon forged by Svartálfar (black elves, correlated with the dvergar, dwarves) named Sindri and Brokkr. In the Norse myths Thor&#8217;s hammer is often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Norse Rune Symbols and the Third Reich</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the symbols treated in this article may be interpreted as pointing to Nazi ideology in certain contexts. Their use in the present article has nothing to do with it. Any such connotations are a recent development as compared to the long history of the most of these signs. Below both their original meaning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Norse Heathen Symbols Are Not Hate Symbols</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What would you feel if you saw a guy with a runic tattoo? Many would probably feel uneasiness, including myself. The question is why. I perfectly know that ancient Germanic peoples used the Elder Futhark not because they were white supremacists. I realize that vikings used the Younger Futhark not because they were racist skinheads. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Triquetra &#8211; A Norse Viking Symbol</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Triquetra is a Norse Viking symbol closely connected with the Valknut and Horn Triskelion. Artifacts with Triquetra ornaments are found in all parts of the Viking world, ranging from the comb found in Gnezdilovo (near Suzdal, Russia) to the saddle bow from Coppergate (York, England). In Latin triquetra means &#8216;triangular&#8217; (feminine singular). Initially this word [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Norse Viking Symbol &#8211; Horn Triskelion</title>
		<link>http://www.vikingrune.com/2009/01/viking-symbol-three-horns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three interlocked drinking horns is an important Norse Viking symbol. It seems to be closely related the Valknut and Triquetra and is often referred to as the Horn Triskelion. A triskelion (or triskele) is a symbol with threefold rotational symmetry (such symmetry means that a figure, which has it, looks the same after a certain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valknut &#8211; A Norse Viking Symbol</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The word valknut is a neologism: it is formed in modern times through combination of ON valr, &#8216;the dead&#8217; or &#8216;the slain&#8217; and knut, &#8216;knot&#8217;. Valknut is a Viking symbol of three interconnected triangles. The triangles may be joined in two ways: either as Borromean: or unicursal: Note that other types of valknuts, such as [...]]]></description>
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