Hrungnir heart

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Representation of the Hrungnir-heart on the image stone Stora Hammars I . Third upper line, left side (enlarged image clearly visible).
Odin with Sleipnir , Hrungnir hearts are carved under the horse ( Bildstein von Tängelgårda )

The so-called Hrungnir heart ( Old Norse Hrungnis hjarta ) is based as a symbol on contemporary, Germanic ideas of the Viking Age folk mythology of the Hrungnir myth , which Snorri Sturluson describes in his prose Edda from the early 13th century, in Skáldskaparmál , in an epic manner.

"Hrungnir átti hjarta þat, he frægt he, af hörðum steini ok tindótt með þrimr hornum, svá sem síðan he gert ristubragð þar, he Hrungnishjarta heitir"

"Hrungnir himself had a heart that is famous, made of hard stone and with three protruding corners, just like the famous ornate carving called" Hrungnir's heart "has been made since then."

- Skáldskaparmál Chapter 24, after the transfer of Gustav Neckel

The pictorial and figurative representation consists of three angled triangles, mainly integrated on Gotland picture stones in different scenic motifs. The Hrungnir heart has similarities with triskeles and the swastika . There is a reference to the cult of the dead through the pictorial representations in connection with Odin , or with Odin's myths in grave goods.

A very similar symbol is the Valknut .

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