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Valknut – A Norse Viking Symbol

January 5, 2009 Viking Symbols
Valknut

The word valknut is a neologism: it is formed in modern times through combination of ON valr, ‘the dead’ or ‘the slain’ and knut, ‘knot’. 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 [...]

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