{"product_id":"gunnar-celtic-viking-brooch","title":"Large Gunnar Celtic Viking Brooch - Bronze Historical Reproduction Pin","description":"\u003cp\u003eSolid golden bronze.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA beautiful Viking brooch that shows an openwork depiction of intertwined serpentine creatures.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe model for this brooch is a detail from a baptismal font showing a depiction of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGunnar in the snake pit\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. According to the legend, the Burgundian king Gundahar (Gunther, Gunnar) was thrown to the snakes by his brother-in-law Atli (Etzel, Atilla) in order to persuade him to surrender his treasure.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe depiction of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eserpentine creatures\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eor snakes was often thematized in Viking art. Not only was the story of Gunnar in the snake pit often depicted in Viking art, but the Viking prince Ragnar Lodbrok is also said to have died beating his harp in a snake pit into which the English king Ælle had thrown him, and King Olav Tryggvasson's famous warship was called Ormen Lange, meaning long snake.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe baptismal font is today in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Museum\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein Copenhagen \/ Denmark.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2 1\/4\" x 1  1\/2\" brooch size with 1 1\/2\" pin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis handmade Celtic brooch is in high-quality golden \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ebronze\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Celtic Crystal Design Jewelry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48136210743466,"sku":"PEPE25","price":78.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/2008\/3626\/files\/IMG-0855_6b371508-d6ba-4e19-ad91-00b721a9c1b0.png?v=1776599710","url":"https:\/\/mammothnation.com\/products\/gunnar-celtic-viking-brooch","provider":"Mammoth Nation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}