A pendant featuring Odin and his two ravens found in Winteringham, Lincolnshire. (c) North Lincolnshire
A pendant featuring Odin and his two ravens found in Winteringham, Lincolnshire. (c) North Lincolnshire Museum, CC BY-SA 4.0

Pendant with an Odin Motif (NLM-7F954A)

A pendant featuring Odin and his two ravens found in Winteringham, Lincolnshire

A cast silver, gilded pendant featuring an image which has been interpreted as representing the one-eyed god Odin and his two ravens Huginn and Muninn. There are a number of close parallels which establish the wide currency of this subject group. These include numerous examples from Russia and two from Sweden, including some with silver gilding. A silver pendant with a related, but distinct design is known from Sjælland, Denmark. With some exceptions, pendants were generally worn by women as part of their Scandinavian dress.

Object Type

Pendant

Date

circa 900 — 1000

Ascribed Culture

Original/Reproduction

Original

Material

Collection

Viking Objects

Current Location

North Lincolnshire Museum

Keywords

gilded, Huginn, jewellery, Lincolnshire, Muninn, Odin, pendant, Portable_Antiquities_Scheme, ravens, silver, women

Further information

You can see the original at North Lincolnshire Museum.

This object is related to Winteringham, Lincolnshire.
Find out about Winteringham, Lincolnshire.

Acknowledgements

(c) North Lincolnshire Museum, CC BY-SA 4.0

References

Portable Antiquities Scheme

Michaela Helmbrecht, Wirkmächtige Kommunikationsmedien: Menschenbilder der Vendel-und Wikingerzeit und ihre Kontexte. Lund: Lund University (2001).

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Drawing of the Winteringham Pendant
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