Especially if it's of personal significance to you, which the Valknut has to me. If no one asks or reacts, you're probably good to put it in ink. If you want some advice, I'd suggest this: try the symbol out on a piece of clothing (cleap shirt you can waste scribbling on). The most I've got is friends commenting on the dye job and asking if they can get smth similar. But if I can wear that for months without even a comment (or stranger look than wearing an Iron Maiden T-Shirt), I figure it's a non-issue. I'm sure someone might, one day, take it as racist or someting. No one seems to react to it even in the slightest.
#VALKNUT NORSE MYTHOLOGY PLUS#
To soft-test this theory, I have worn a t-shirt with "Germania" dyed on the front, and a helm of awe plus my name loosely translated in nordic runes on the back. In general though, and this is just my experience, I've found most nordic symbols are barely recognized by society at large. I think it really depends on where you are and who might or might not judge you. But, then again, I live in an open area where paganism / heathenism isn't all too unusual even in "mainstream" society, by which I mean it's kinda accepted as part of the metal / folk subculture. Most ppl I know tend to know I'm a heathen. I wear a Valknut pendant every day and no one has yet accused me of racism, if they even know what the symbol is, means, or might imply in some circles. If anything you might only be approached by people either knowledgeable about the subject, or a racist who misjudges you as one of his own D lol.Īnother TL DR because the TL DR was too long for a TL DR: Most people probably don't even know what it is.ĭepends, I'd say.
But to be honest, I doubt most people would actually know what it is. Similarily like others say in this thread, it will never be taken back from more dubious cultures unless someone actually takes a step to do so. It will probably come up once or twice and it would be important for you to defend yourself appropriately. You wouldn't be wrong to use it, but be aware that there are prejudices that come with anything and be prepared to justify yourself if you do. That's just a personal preference for me, so you should follow your own personal preference as well. It's something I've deliberated on several times during my life, but I always end up thinking that I'd rather not. I wouldn't get a tattoo of anything at all myself. Or indeed not that commonly known in most places besides internet subcultures like this one. While it's certainly from old germanic lore and has been found in viking societies like Oseberg, it's not that commonly known among the average Norwegian. Or other literal images of Norse mythology, than the Valknut. I think the average Norwegian would be more likely to recognize a tattoo of something resembling the miðgarðsormr or sleipnir. To continue the inital digression on Norwegian heritage There are many other ways to show it. You'd be a landmark in scandinavia and a hipster in the US ) (I'm joking) And the command key on an apple keyboard :D. Among them the common looped square, which usually signifies a landmark in scandinavia. "Valknuter"(plural) in modern norwegian has been used to describe a number of interlocking loops and patterns.
There are quite a few other things that ring more true for both modern norwegians and of more traditional norwegian heritage than the valknut. The only one who can decide if a symbol is important enough for you to decorate yourself with it despite people's reactions, is yourself.Īs for showing Norwegian heritage. Be aware of people's common prejudice and choose for yourself if you wish you subject yourself to it. This is just because of what the most known prejudice is. Some people would see the swastika, know nothing of buddhism and ask why that monk guy was a nazi. I'm sure nobody questions a buddhist if the know about buddhism, but you'd get some odd looks from people if you got a tattoo of a swastika even IF you were dressed as a buddhist monk. in the same way the swastika "isn't nazi".
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