A hand-painted Viking shield featuring the great wolf Fenrir in intricate Norse knotwork, his name emblazoned beneath the boss in Elder Futhark runes — one of the most feared figures of Norse mythology's Ragnarök.
Fenrir is one of Norse mythology's three great tormentors, alongside Hel and the World Serpent Jörmungandr, all children of the trickster god Loki and the giantess AngrboĂ°a. Fearing his monstrous strength, the gods bound Fenrir with Gleipnir, a magical fetter forged from impossible things — the sound of a cat's footsteps, a woman's beard, a mountain's roots, a bear's sinews, a fish's breath, and a bird's spittle — and sacrificed the war-god TĂ˝r's hand to trick the wolf into accepting it. Fenrir remains bound until Ragnarök, the foretold end of the world, when he breaks free at last and devours Odin himself, only to be slain in turn by Odin's son VĂĂ°arr — too late to prevent the fall of the old order.
Deepeeka's reproduction is built from stout plywood, its rim bound in tightly stitched rawhide and its face hand-painted, with an antiqued steel boss at the centre offering ample room for the hand and three riveted wooden reinforcing bars on the reverse, the central one leather-wrapped as the grip.
Use for:
- Viking living history and shield-wall display
- Museum-style display on a wall mount or stand
- Norse mythology-themed home decor and collections
- Historical events and Viking markets
- Costume dressing and themed photography
- Collectors of Norse symbolism and mythology
