Mjólnir through the eyes of sculptors, painters, and craftsmen across the ages
Thor's hammer amulet — Viking-age silver Mjǫllnir pendant; thousands were worn across the Norse world as the heathen answer to the cross. Photo/art: Gunnar Creutz. CC0 via Wikimedia Commons.
Torshammare — a hammer of Þórr in the Swedish History Museum, Stockholm; the short shaft recalls Loki's sabotage of the forging. Photo/art: Ola Myrin, Historiska museet. CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
The Rømersdal hammer — copy of the Bornholm find; Denmark's Viking-age graves yield more Mjǫllnir pendants than any other symbol. Photo/art: Gunnar Creutz. CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
A hammer in gold — Viking pendant recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme, Lincolnshire; the Norse carried the hammer to England. Photo/art: Lincolnshire County Council, Adam Daubney. CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
Pendant, Thor's hammer — another museum-held amulet; worn for protection, oaths, and hallowing of marriages and graves. Photo/art: The Swedish History Museum, Stockholm. CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
Amulet ring, Uppland style — hammer hanging from an amulet ring; the ring-and-hammer sets are the most elaborate form of the devotion. Photo/art: Gunnar Creutz. CC0 via Wikimedia Commons.
