TIWAZ sterling silver rune pendant

HAND CARVED .925 SILVER (OXIDIZED) TIWAZ RUNE PENDANT

An ancient alphabetic scripts, each of whose letters possessed a meaningful name as well as a signifying sound, Runes were employed for legal documents, for writing poetry, for inscriptions and divination. The art of the Runes dates back to Viking times and is used to form a bridge between our logical mind and our unconscious. The Runes embody the greatest and the smallest secrets of nature and they are the keys to those secrets – for they are indeed the secrets themselves.

- MATERIAL: sterling silver

- FINISH: oxidized

- Hand carved

- Length: ca. 6 cm (2.36 in) or 4 cm (1.58 in)

- AVAILABLE WITH OR WITHOUT SILVER CHAIN!!! A 50 cm (19.7 in) oxidized silver chain is available as option.

The hand formed symbol has been highly textured then darkened and buffed to add to its dark and rustic look.

This rune is historically perhaps the most complex of all from a symbological perspective. A unified ideological complex does rise to the surface once its secrets are penetrated.

The T-rune embodies the force ruled by the god Asa-Tyr. Tyr is the Norse god of law and justice, who governs proceedings at the thing (the Germanic general assembly). The Tyr force is one of passive regulation. In northern mythology, it is this god who comes closest to a transcendental quality. These characteristics are exemplified by the major Tyr myth in which the god sacrifices his hand ("active abilities") between the jaws of the Fenris wolf in order to save his fellow Aesir from destruction. Thus Tiwaz is the rune of self-sacrifice and of kings and great leaders of the people.

The word Tiwaz, Tyr in Old Norse, is the exact cognate to Sanskrit dayus, Greek Zeus, and Latin Jupiter. A threefold mystery is contained in Tiwaz: (1) justice, (2) war, and (3) world-column. Certain aspects of all three concepts are intimately related in the runic cosmology. Tiwaz is principally the force of divine order in the multiverse, and especially among mankind. But Tyr is also important as a "war god." This is because of the special judicial and spiritual qualities that were imparted to conflict by the ancient Northmen. An Old Norse word sums up this aspect quite well: vapnadomr ("judgment by arms: war"). Combat was seen as a struggle between numinous forces in conjunction with physical ones. Both of these are considered to be extensions of the same ultimate source.

The T-rune is the mystery of spiritual discipline and faith according to divine law. It is the religious instinct in the individual and society. Tiwaz facilitates social integration and regulation according to the spiritual code of the Aesir.

Magical workings of the Tiwaz rune:
1. Obtaining just victory and success.
2. Building spiritual will.
3. Develops the power of positive self-sacrifice.
4. Develops the "force of faith" in magic and religion.

Darkwood Jewelry is inspired by magic, nature, the mysterious aspects of history, traditional handcrafts and the esoteric.

Every Darkwood item is carefully hand-crafted and therefore unique.

Please note that due to its handmade nature, your personal piece might slightly differ from the one showed on the product page. We hope that you enjoy these individualized differences in your piece, made with passion by human hands.

Please don't forget to remove your jewelries before swimming, chemicals or salty water will damage them. It is also advised to remove them before going to sleep to avoid bendings and breakings.

All the pieces are shipped from Warsaw, Poland. All packages are shipped with registered priority mail (a registered letter or a parcel), which includes tracking (some countries no longer offer tracking for registered mail).