There is a long history of the far right co-opting Norse imagery. Jake Angeli, the Trump supporter who stormed the U.S. Capitol wearing horns and displaying his tattoos, is just the latest example.

Animals play a wide variety of roles in this belief system such as representations of certain emotions, associations with certain Norse God’s, and more. Below you will find which creatures are symbols ...

Viking warriors harnessed the arcane powers ... These warriors customarily carved the runic symbol for Tyr, the god of war, onto their shields. They would then charge fearlessly into battle ...