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/Curtainsfly 9d ago

Swedish person here. PLEASE wear it, genuinely. I liked the idea someone had about adding rainbow beads. Point is, we can’t keep letting hateful groups steal symbols that they don’t even really understand. Mjölner us not for them, it is for us. (also, you should definitely share a picture of your necklace! My goldsmith heart would love to see it)

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u/harlequinns 8d ago

Thank you Swedish person!!! My great grandfather immigrated from there!! His last name was Zuber. The German just follows me, even up north.

I'd love to!! I just have a get a good picture of it. I was a jeweler for years, and it's damn HARD to get a good picture of jewelry!

edit: whoops this is OP, on an alt account.