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This
bracelet design is inspired by Viking
culture. The Vikings pioneered trade, exploration and colonization of
new lands for over 300 years before any other european power. Despite
being pirates and adventurers, they were the first white people to
arrive in America, long before Columbus. The meaning of the name
Vikings in old
Nordish is Pirates and indeed robbing was a way of life for them.
The Vikings
symbolize freedom and true social equality. There is a story of
a messenger who was sent on behalf of a French prince to seek out the
leader of the Vikings, in order to negotiate with him and talk him out
of attacking Paris. The messenger came back unsuccessful and dejected,
He reported that when he requested to talk with their leader, the
vikings replied, "we are all leaders."
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