
The Nordic warrior held his weapon in great reverence and often lavished it with elaborate decorations. Our example displays a Viking dragon knot work motif. It is named after the Viking dragon Nidhöggr. In Norse mythology - according to the Gylfaginning part of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, Nidhöggr is a being which gnaws one of the three roots of Yggdrasill. It is sometimes believed that the roots are trapping the beast from the world. This root is placed over Niflheimr and Nidhöggr gnaws it from beneath.
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