Valhyr

Viking, norse, slavic, folk themed art. Instagram: @valhyr

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Skoll, Hati and Fenrir beginning the wild hunt, the final moments before Ragnarok. Three wolves can be heard as a loud cry of howling is released onto the world before complete silence - after which a faint sound of charging can be heard from a distance and the heartbeats of those standing close to you . Skoll will catch and devour the moon with rage - bringing chaos to the world . Hati will claw and devour the sun with no mercy - bringing darkness upon the world . Fenrir will break free with the sound of broken chains draging against the ground heard throughout the world. He will chase down anything in it’s path without remorse - bringing fear and doubt into the lines of armies with his charge of vengeance . The symbols for each wolf can be seen on their bodies and their jaws ripped open by the joy of their prey falling victim to them soon https://www.instagram.com/p/B3h9-uYHBj4/?igshid=1bsrh236harrw

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Freya / I’m reposting these touchedup versions of the gods in this contrast as I feel it fits better for this style, I have Loki and a couple of others coming up in the near future :) so yeah today im gonna spam you a bit, let me know what you think - do you prefer the black or white background ones? https://www.instagram.com/p/B26yhqcHClm/?igshid=1fzq5ouqpr5m1

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Njörðr / Thanks for the awesome feedback on the previous one!!!🖤 Gonna finish up Skadi as well and them I’m done with flirting with instagram today :D but not done with flirting with yall ;))))) https://www.instagram.com/p/B27FRnBnzdQ/?igshid=zbm8lqeyxu0m

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Skaði with a symbol for winter in place of the solar cross to pay homage to the fact she might be considered apart of the Vanir as well https://www.instagram.com/p/B27QBORn2Dx/?igshid=138h8ilupztfc

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Wolftamers Runestone / An idea I’m playing around with, I thought of creating these for the deities but I already have a few themes for them so I thought of honoring heroes and activities instead, so I’ll do a few more of these eventually meanwhile trying to improve the overall look and feel . This one is for a wolf tamer and it’s rather in a figure of speech kind of way, as someone who goes against odds and people at higher positions without fear. It features a runestone with a stylised ᛏ rune, as well as two wolves eating the broken sun, this is to symbolise how the wolves consume the light in the persons life but the wolves can be seen chained so even though they are wild and ferocious, they are kept at bay . The wheel features “ek vitki” and “ek erilaz” in younger futhark for the magical aspect of the image and I chose a wheel as a circle around something is seen as containing it. As runestones were in memory of someone, this is in a way to express that - no matter what it takes I will go against all without hesitation, even if it means my end . The whole idea was mainly inspired by the earlier life of someone known as Curtis Jackson https://www.instagram.com/p/B3AaR_SHFlE/?igshid=18vaz77qj9oli

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Conflict https://www.instagram.com/p/B3C7pSJndPH/?igshid=nvh0d82szagz

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Trollknot of bent swords. What I wanted this to represent was mockery, the swords being bent by a troll after someone went after him - and this particular shape which is believed to fend off trolls, but showing it this way means it had no effect on him. Thus this is for mocking someones bad intentions and turning their belief and ego against themselves https://www.instagram.com/p/B3FgOVEHq4F/?igshid=f98cni8xhnei

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Odal Home https://www.instagram.com/p/B3IBhCrnEAH/?igshid=xje8xgtdj3h4

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Odin / Featuring the beard as roots of Yggdrasil. The hood transforming into Huginn with the drinking hors filled with the mead of poetry on its side. The ravens wings turning into viking swords and seaxs as well as other references to the allfathe . And yes this is yet another idea i have for the gods lmao, a picture from the side opens up so much more variations. I will still continue doing all the different variations For the deities :) i probably want to do these side ones more detailed while the ones from the front will remain minimal is design https://www.instagram.com/p/B3KvRErHsTB/?igshid=1s0rnrjc07i5n

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Care https://www.instagram.com/p/B3NMexGncB3/?igshid=1evl3zl731s8b

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Ullr reciting a poem from his palm to protect against freezing, the forgotten god of great importance symbolised by the worn crown with vines crawling on it https://www.instagram.com/p/B3PfuA1nMfO/?igshid=13ln2cmm8pi3s

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Freya / The goddess of war, fertility and seidr amongst other things. Depicted here with her chin high to show confidence, blowing a mocking kiss to those who condemn her and her ways . Shes wearing a crown of charging cats and decorated with a face paint where the dots symbolise the fallen that go to Freyas army and the symbol of the three norns (which I use as my logo as well) . Her hair is weaved into braids on the sides and on the back it creates the web of the wyrd with the tips forming spirals to show her association with seidr. Around her are flying particles that also form spirals to show an otherwordly figure . On the neck she is seen wearing a chainmail armor for her association with war . This is what i want the portraits to look like I think, I wanted to have a boar here as well but couldn’t figure out a logical place for it - THANKS FOR READING :D https://www.instagram.com/p/B3SObqUncGS/?igshid=1hwtdfahif6wz

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Yggdrasil symbol decorated with its leaves. The spikes below it are drips of Odins blood left from his spear that have frozen over time due to the trees immense size and its roots reaching through the universe https://www.instagram.com/p/B3U6Fr4H3l1/?igshid=13gaylrzpi9xv

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Loki / Featured with a disrupted face for his misunderstood nature. One side joyful of the outcome of his actions while the other wary and aware of the consequences . Wearing a crown which is seen decorated with thorns to symbolise his personality. A witty and well spoken Jotünn that will not accept anything for what it seems - and will challenge anything for its value . His head decorated with antlers as i like to depict Jotünns like this where they mean wisdom and great age, as well as linen flowing down with open torn edges from his back to symbolise the mystery of this deity https://www.instagram.com/p/B3XoxS-HqGP/?igshid=40pu8lzh2hnc

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I’m practicing for a bigger design so here are some bird heads and two bear heads. Also trying to nail that knot type of artwork we see from the viking age https://www.instagram.com/p/B3aIbv8nFwi/?igshid=4wb9d53rnbik

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Your World / I have some dope artists in my following list but I encourage everyone to jump on this and try it - draw a version of YOUR WORLD on whatever you can. Include things you are thankful for and include your ambitions, dreams and what you wish to achieve on it - so when you return to your picture in a few years it all makes sense and you see how the imagery is now a part of your life. You depict them how you wish and you can explain them or leave them to be known only by you. When people do jump on this I’ll share these on my story as well and add to my highlights - this has no deadline . Id say I believe in something similar to what today is known as law of attraction, I just have endless of examples to bring - but not the version of it where you sit on your ass and manifest stuff into your life. I use it rather as a sense of duty amplifier and to increase belief in what I could achieve. So with that out of the way heres what I’ve included on mine: . The world is surrounded by tall grass, these are in reference to people on a petroglyph ship - they symbolize the community I’ve grown a part of now, my followers who some have become very dear to me and many who I look up to and find inspiration in, I am thankful for every single one of you. Three Trees that form something similar to my logo with a Nest on one of them with Three Ravens. We can see A Rise of the sun to symbolise a new Tale. A Home in the middle and a sword with an open Pommel in the ground. As well as Nine Roots tangling from the edge. The clouds on the background are in reference to my Memory, I tend to forget stuff :D so I’m hoping to settle that issue a bit but we’ll see what can be done . So I encourage you to do your own and think about it, I thought this one through for a long time but now I’m finally happy with it - it includes everything that I consider my dreams and ambitions to be right now for the next 3 to 5 years. Create your own world and send it to me in a dm, tag me or use #valhyr so I can see it and share it, if you dont care much for that then do it for yourself - as having ambitions and even role models is what I believe takes us further the most and the fastest https://www.instagram.com/p/B3ctO3GnUTS/?igshid=jraayfcxpv8m

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Freyas Bindrune for the growth of the mind and body https://www.instagram.com/p/B3fdltonNMD/?igshid=1ipshnl98ng3u