The Mjölnir: a hammer wielded by Thor, the Norse god of thunder. [Image: Wiki Commons] Mjölnir is one symbol we can be pretty sure was used by the original adherents of the Norse belief system ...

The “QAnon shaman” had this symbol tattooed alongside other, more neutral images from Norse myth. Gendron’s manifesto connects this symbol with Norse culture by overlaying it on a photo of a ...

A tattoo of a Norse symbol of the afterlife now closely associated with white supremacist groups is visible on a federal agent who participated in last week’s immigration raid on Martha’s ...

Modern neo-Nazis routinely use Norse symbols, including the Odal rune. The Anti-Defamation League website explains: "Today, it is commonly seen in tattoo form, on flags or banners, as part of ...

Jake Angeli, better known as the “QAnon Shaman” or “Q Shaman,” also sported several tattoos of symbols associated with Norse paganism, known as heathenry. Read our latest issue or browse back issues.

At The Conversation, we asked several scholars who study symbols – including ancient Norse images and more recent flags from U.S. history – to explain what they saw during the riot ...