Vidar statue wood sculpture, wood carving

Description

Handmade wooden statuette of Vidar carved out of oak wood.

Dimensions: 8.5 inches tall.
Material: Oak wood.
Handmade.

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Each statue is unique, and will be slightly different from the one presented on the photo.

In Norse mythology, Víðarr, possibly “wide ruler, sometimes anglicized as Vidar, Vithar, Vidarr, and Vitharr is a god among the Æsir associated with vengeance. Víðarr is described as the son of Odin and the jötunn Gríðr, and is foretold to avenge his father’s death by killing the wolf Fenrir at Ragnarök, a conflict which he is described as surviving. Víðarr is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and is interpreted as depicted with Fenrir on the Gosforth Cross. A number of theories surround the figure, including theories around potential ritual silence and a Proto-Indo-European basis.