Our Germanic jewellery is based on originals from the 3rd to the 8th century excavated in Western Europe. We use Germanic as the umbrella name for Merovingian, Frankish, Vendel, Anglo-Saxon jewellery and jewellery of the Germanic tribes. This period is also known as the Dark Age: the time between the late Romans and the Vikings. This jewellery is incredibly intriguing and beautiful. When you look at the jewellery, you wonder why this period is associated with the dark. This jewellery shows a rich visual culture and enormous wealth. You can also see some Viking pendants whose iconography was used before the Viking era, such as the wheel amulet.
Irminsul, wheel amulet, Germanic ravens and lunula pendants
The material heritage of the early medieval people of Western Europe offers a lot of insight into their religion and culture. Lots of different symbols were used. The Irminsul is a well-known symbol from the Germanic tribes up to the Anglo-Saxons. The Irminsul was a natural sanctuary, a column in the forest made of a wooden trunk. The wheel has been an important symbol since the Bronze Age and represents the solstice. Ravens are the two companions of the god Wodan: Huginn and Muninn. And the lunula was worn as a protection against evil.
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