Archaeologists in Ysby, Halland, unearthed an amulet of Thor’s hammer, Mjolnir, the symbol for the god of thunder, dating to the Viking age. Screengrab from Kulturmiljö Halland Before ...

Archaeologists discovered the Viking Age amulet, known as "Thor’s Hammer," in southwest Iceland ... Experts believe the symbol may come from a mix of Asatru, a pagan religion, and Christianity ...

Similar Thor's hammer amulets have been found previously ... the religious transition of the region at the end of the Viking Age as a symbol of adhering to the old Norse gods, rather than to ...

A PENDANT shaped like Norse god Thor’s hammer and unearthed in Norfolk has been linked to Britain’s first Viking invaders ... which was a popular symbol for Vikings who began raiding and ...

from Thetford A Thor's hammer and a pottery lamp are among Viking Great Army finds returning to the town where they were discovered. Thousands of Scandinavians formed an army in England to raid ...

The well-preserved Thor’s hammer — officially known as an torshammare — was discovered in Ysby in Sweden’s Halland province and likely dates back to the Viking era, archaeology experts said.

The hammer was commonly worn as a pendant during the Viking ... and Thor and his hammer occur depicted on a variety of objects from the archaeological record. Today the symbol appears in a wide ...

A silver pendant bearing the hammer of the Norse god Thor unearthed in Norfolk may be linked to the first Viking invaders of ... is in the shape of the hammer symbol associated with the deity.