2472 – Wooden Pig talisman pendant

Physical description:

Black wooden carved pendant in the form of a pig. Suspension ring on back.

Museum classification:

Spells and charms

Size:

17x27x10

Information:

2282, 2341, 2473, 2474 are pig-shaped pendants. There are also pig-shaped charms in the Scarborough Museums Trust's Clarke collection. T.Cadbury, 21/09/2011.

Although in Britain today the black cat is considered the pre-eminent lucky animal, in the early 20th century pigs were also considered lucky - as they still are in Northern European countries such as Germany.             

see  https:/ blutundhexenkunst.wordpress.com/2017/04/08/an-introduction-to-glucksbringer-part-1 According to Cecil Williamson's texts these charms were particularly popular as gambling charms.

As well as being very valuable animals to European farmers particularly smallholders, pigs and wild boar are significant in both Celtic and Norse mythology.

Resource:

Object

Materials:

Wood, metal,

2282, 2341, 2473, 2474 are pig-shaped pendants. There are also pig-shaped charms in the Scarborough Museums Trust's Clarke collection. T.Cadbury, 21/09/2011.

Although in Britain today the black cat is considered the pre-eminent lucky animal, in the early 20th century pigs were also considered lucky - as they still are in Northern European countries such as Germany.             

see  https:/ blutundhexenkunst.wordpress.com/2017/04/08/an-introduction-to-glucksbringer-part-1 According to Cecil Williamson's texts these charms were particularly popular as gambling charms.

As well as being very valuable animals to European farmers particularly smallholders, pigs and wild boar are significant in both Celtic and Norse mythology.