viking shield with ravens and triquetrasThis beautiful Viking shield is made of approximately 13 mm thick plywood, covered with linen, and extensively decorated with so called triquetras (also called triquetras trefoil or Trinity nodes) and ravens. The bird couple is a depiction of Odin's two messengers Hugin and Munin (or Huginn and Muninn), which are a recurring motif in Celtic and Viking art. In Norse mythology, ravens fly over Asgard and Midgard and return in the evening to the father