Artio Statue | Hand-Carved Celtic Bear Goddess | Ash Wood Nature Art goddess_figurine While this piece belongs to

While this piece belongs to the Viking tradition

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and according to some sources

Give the gift of Sigyn today

a belt of strength called Megingjord that doubled his already immense power

Artio Statue | Hand-Carved Celtic Bear Goddess | Ash Wood Nature Art goddess_figurine While this piece belongs toLong before the Romans arrived in the Alpine lands of the Helvetians, there was Artio the bear goddess who ruled over forests, wild animals, and the abundance of the earth. Her name survives in the ancient city of Bern, whose very symbol is the bear she embodied. She is mentioned alongside Cernunnos, the horned god of the forests, and like him she stands at the threshold between the human world and the wild. She rules over transformation: the female