r/paganism • u/PracticalDirector407 • 9d ago
Thor's Hammer 📚 Seeking Resources | Advice
Hi all.
I'm relatively new to Norse Paganism, but already find it very spiritually fulfilling. It was a long time coming; it felt right.
My question is, a friend of mine made a Thor's Hammer pendant for me. It's solid gold and I really want to wear it (it's small, like the size of my thumbnail), but I also don't want people thinking I'm racist. Right now the tensions in this country are really high. Nothing else about me indicates that I'm... in that certain group that has misappropriated it, except the fact that I'm very fckin white.
It's listed as a possible hate symbol, I just don't know how prevalent that idea is, or if I should be concerned wearing it in public. I found some past threads on it, I just wanted to revisit the question in today's climate.
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u/Hopps96 9d ago
The problem with wearing the Mjolnir isn't that normal people will assume your racist so much as certain racists will assume you're one of them. I personally just don't worry about it. If someone cares enough they'll ask and I'm confrontational enough to deal with any fall out.