This one features a carving of the symbol on an ornately stylised bedpost and the Oseberg tapestry fragments.

It was also found on a wooden bed in the Viking Age Oseberg Ship, which is buried near TГёnsberg, Norway. The symbol is prominently featured on the Nene River Ring, an Anglo-Saxon gold finger ring dated to around the 8th to 9th centuries. Some say that the 9 corners of the Valknut which has 3 interlocked triangles is a representation of the 9 Worlds in Norse/Germanic religion. There are 2 versions of the Valknut, as seen in these pictures. There are however several other carvings of the symbol that do not picture Odinn, contradicting the meaning of the modern name. This is where the modern name Valknut came from, as the word translates to 'Knot of the Chosen', as it is stated in the 13th century Eddas that one must fall bravely in battle to join Odinn in his hall. Scholars have mixed assumptions, some suggesting it is related to the Norse god Odinn, as one version of the Valknut is depicted with the God during a sacrifice.Д«eing associated with Odinn in this particular instance, many have again linked it with those who join Odinn in his afterlife hall, Valholl. We do know it was between the 7th & 10th century. Well to begin with, no one actually knows what the symbol used to mean at the time its creation.

To start off, we will discuss the Valknut itself.

Valknut symbol