Talk:Helm of Awe

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The elm of awe is actually Christian and as nothing to do with Nordic,pagan or viking. I mean vikings, pagans and nordic people worshipped the old gods and had along with wore the mjlnoir, thors hammer. Its belived to have been used like the Fish symbol in ancient rome. Or like symbols used by theifs in todays age to show a certain place. So the elm or awe or the vegisr was used like a compass when most of the nordic lands was being Christianised to show Christian people a safe place. Not some Viking protection rune bs. Also if you disagree show me the first bindrune ever that has been dug up. 86.22.209.116 (talk) 17:56, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

Please read the article properly before complaining about it. A "Helm of awe" is referenced in Eddic material but that does not mean the symbol found in modern manuscripts were used at the time of the composition of the Eddic material. Ingwina (talk) 20:04, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

So this should be clarified, then, as the article is misleading as it currently stands. 2601:1C2:1701:4AB0:D8C9:1721:BE7C:EAAE (talk) 04:49, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

"The Helm of Awe or Helm of Terror (Icelandic: Ægishjálmur, Old Norse Œgishjalmr) is an object in Norse mythology relating to the hoard protected by the worm Fáfnir and subsequently the name of a modern Icelandic magical stave." - which part of this misleads you? Ingwina (talk) 06:28, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Sources on the modern stave

The section on the modern stave is pretty bleak right now. If anyone with relevant expertise could help flesh it out that'd be really handy. Ingwina (talk) 20:43, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

I just made an edit along these lines. It is not perfect but I hope that the new reference might help someone improve it further down the road. 121.200.4.24 (talk) 17:05, 12 March 2024 (UTC)