====== Viking Iconography and Symbolism ======
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Sometime ago, I found and saved a low-resolution black-and-white scan of a photograph of a couple of Bronze Age artifacts - a Swedish vessel and a Greek pendant, both from long before the establishment of Christianity. [[https://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=84391|This paper]] discusses the cosmological religious beliefs of various White nations during the Bronze Age (3300 BCE - 1200 BCE). Sun worship was very common back then, as our sun, Sol, is one of the most fundamental, crucial components of our physical reality. [[https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-spiral-ornament-on-objects-from-Sweden-left-and-Greece-right-are-practically_fig3_283004928|Another article]] pinpoints the vessel and pendant at somewhere around 1700-1600 BCE.

In any event, I was really taken by both symbols, and spent some time recreating them as usable vectors. I've provided a nice version of the main vector, as well as files for cutting and drawing the symbols and accompanying decorations. //Note: Files forthcoming.//

The linked double swirl found in both of these artifacts can be seen in quite a lot of the icons and images seen in many ancient European cultures. I've personally found it to be an interestingly meditative symbol - the eye can't easily follow the two swirls at first glance, and it takes closer inspection to trace the path of the swirls and lines.