Natural Vegvisir Slice

Natural 5 inch wooden slice emblazoned with the Viking Compass aka Vegvisir.   The Vegvisir is one of the best-known Icelandic magical staves (galdrastafir). The galdrastafir were symbols believed to have a range of powers, whose effects would be different depending on their shape. These could offer many kinds of assistance, such as fertility, guidance through a storm, and protection in battle. The most common way of pronouncing Vegvisir is “vague vee seer”, with the stress on the first syllable.It is an ancient Norse symbol that is also known as the Viking compass. The word Vegvisir means “way finder” or “signpost” in Icelandic and the Vegvisir symbol is supposed to give guidance and protection.Tradition has it that the ancient Norse people believed that wearing a Vegvisir symbol would help them to find their way back home safely, and Viking ships were thought to bear the Vegvisir to ensure a successful homecoming.In an ancient Viking manuscript it was written “If this sign, called th