Altar cloths are used in sacred spaces to protect ritual working areas and for ceremonies. Keep your altar space protected with a handmade altar cloth, no altar space is complete without one.

Benefits of using altar cloths:

• Protecting your ritual work space
• Use to wrap ritual tools for outdoor use
• Use for rune readings, divination and tarot readings
• Collecting herbs within
• Drape over trunks, night stands or for décor purposes
• Tie twine around to use as a rune pouch

All hides sold at Oreamnos Oddities are distressed. We do not cut any edges of hides to make them uniform. Some may have holes due to natural tanning process.

Dimensions: hide sizes vary due to natural material. Each of this style hide is 1/2 of a full deer hide. Please keep in mind there will be variances in shape of each hide. 

This ethically sourced deer hide has a hand burnt Vegvisir and Helm of Awe on the face of it.

Learn more about pagan ritual tools here:

https://oreamnosoddities.com/blogs/news/magical-tools-in-paganism

HANDMADE IN THE USA

**All deer hides vary slightly in size given they're a natural material. The hide you receive will be a slightly different shape than the one pictured but I do size each hide by hand**

**This item is hand burnt after you order. Please allow additional shipping time as this is a made to order item.**

**All animal hides and bones sold at Oreamnos Oddities are always ethically sourced**

**A Vegvísir is an icelandic magical stave intended to help the bearer find their way through rough weather. The symbol is attested in the Huld Manuscript, collected in Iceland by Geir Vigfusson in 1880 (but consisting of material of earlier origin).**

**The Helm of Awe or Helm of Terror (Ægishjálmr) is an Icelandic magical stave. A physical object called "Helm of Terror" is referenced as one item Sigurd takes from the dragon Fafnir's hoard after he slays him in Völsunga saga.

An ancient Norse symbol that goes by a few names, the Helm of Awe, Aegishjalmur, Viking Compass, coming from the Viking era. The name Aegishjalmur is derived from the God of the ocean of Jotunheim, Aegir. Jotunheim is the land of the frost giants, one of the nine realms of Norse mythology. In the Poetic Edda, the Helm of Awe makes an appearance when the dragon Fafnir claims that he derives invincibility from bearing the symbol.

The Helm Of Awe

I wore before the sons of men

In defense of my treasure;

Amongst all, I alone was strong,

I thought to myself,

For I found no power a match for my own.

 In the Viking era, some would wear the symbol between their brows as a sign of strength in battle, believing, like the dragon Fafnir, that it would grant them victory in battle. The trident looking arms of the symbol are Z runes which symbolize protection and victory in battle. The Helm of Awe was also said to provide mental and spiritual protection as well as physical. The circle in the center is meant to symbolize the protection of those bearing the Helm of Awe.**