Men's beads of the Viking

Important since Neolithic times and powerful in the symbolism tool. Appears in almost all religions of antiquity. There is every reason to speak about the cult of the axe in Egypt, Assyria, Greece and other Nations.

Shine and the thud of the axe, viscouse spark, largely determined his symbolism associated with fire and the life-giving power of the storm, such as Zap. Africa.
Associated with lightning, water and fertility, he attributed the ability to cause rain and stop it. A symbol of power of the leader, the ruler (of the peoples of Oceania, Celts, Nordic peoples and Africans) and elsewhere - the attribute of a warrior.

Lifts and penetrates into the ground, that speaks about his Union with Heaven, the fertilizing power.
As a weapon the warrior gods of sky and thunder engaged in the destruction of demonic creatures (giants) he ancient images often indistinguishable from hammer (axe).