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The Helm of Awe / Ægishjálmr

Some background on the Helm of Awe:

Like most popular “norse” symbols, there’s a lot of ambiguity around the Helm of Awe. It is mentioned in old Norse text like the ‘Poetic Edda’, but no visual description or illustration is given. The symbol we now equate to the Helm of Awe comes from the ‘Huld Manuscript’ a book of Icelandic magical staves, which was written/compiled in 1847—well after the Viking age had ended and Scandinavia had been Christianized.

Its ultimately not possible to be certain that the symbol we use today under the name “the Helm of Awe” is the same one described in old Norse texts, but it’s likely not. Many experts point to the similarities of the Helm of Awe (and the visually similar Vegvísir) to symbols from ‘The Key of Solomon’.

The Helm of Awe—regardless of what it may have originally looked like—is said to be a magical symbol that, when worn (usually on the forehead, between the eyebrows) would give you strength tantamount to invincibility in battle.