<P> The valknut (coined from Old Norse valr, "slain warriors" and knut, "knot") is a symbol consisting of three interlocked triangles . It appears on a variety of objects from the archaeological record of the ancient Germanic peoples . The compound noun valknut is from the modern era . The term used for the symbol during its historical employment is unknown . </P> <P> Scholars have proposed a variety of explanations for the symbol, sometimes associating it with the god Odin, and it has been compared to the three - horned symbol found on the 9th - century Snoldelev Stone, with which it may be related . The valknut receives sporadic use in modern popular culture and is again associated with Germanic paganism by way of its modern day revival, Heathenry . </P> <P> The valknut appears on a wide variety of objects found in areas inhabited by the Germanic peoples . The symbol is prominently featured on the Nene River Ring, an Anglo - Saxon gold finger ring dated to around the 8th to 9th centuries . A wooden bed in the Viking Age Oseberg Ship buried near Tønsberg, Norway features a carving of the symbol on an ornately stylized bedpost and the Oseberg Tapestry, a partially preserved tapestry found within the ship burial, also features the symbol . Additionally, the valknut appears prominently on two picture stones from Gotland, Sweden: the Stora Hammars I stone and the Tängelgårda stone . </P>

Logo with four red triangles and two white triangles