Hungarian Shield - Lambton Worm
Hungarian Shield - Lambton Worm
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Handmade Hungarian Shield for HEMA / Re-enactment / LARP.
Shield is based on the image of "Messer and Hungarian Shield" from the Gladatoria Manuscript.
- Shield base is made of 3 layers of Poplar Plywood with Linen fabric glued between the layers for additional strength and durability.
- Leather Straps & Metal Grip are attached with bolts and inserts to allow for easy replacement or modification.
- Shield is wrapped in canvas that has been primed, painted and sealed with a varnish.
- Jute Rope is attached around the edge and secured with a Jute Webbing to protect the wood from impacts and increase the life of the shield.
- Dimensions: ~27x59cm, ~1.5cm Thick, ~1-1.2kg (This is a handmade product so there will be some variance from shield to shield)
𝔇𝔢𝔰𝔦𝔤𝔫 𝔞𝔫𝔡 ℑ𝔫𝔰𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫
THE LAMBTON WORM - North-East England Folklore
A legend from County Durham in North-East England. The story takes place around the River Wear where a young John Lambton fishes up a small eel-like creature with nine holes on each side of its salamander-like head. Declaring it the Devil, he decides to dispose of it down a nearby well.
Eventually, the worm grows extremely large and the well becomes poisonous. The villagers start to notice livestock going missing and discover that the fully-grown worm has emerged from the well and coiled itself around a local hill.
The worm terrorises the nearby villages, eating sheep, preventing cows from producing milk, and snatching away small children.The Lord manages to sedate the creature in what becomes a daily ritual of offering the worm the milk of nine good cows.
A number of brave villagers try to kill the beast, but are quickly dispatched. When a chunk is cut off the worm, it simply reattaches the missing piece. Visiting knights also try to assault the beast, but none survive.
John Lambton later returns and fights the worm by the river. The worm tries to crush him, wrapping him in its coils, but it cuts itself on his armour's spikes; the pieces of the worm fall into the river, and are washed away before they can join up again. Eventually, the worm is dead and John sounds his hunting horn three times.
Shield Painted By _lou_illustrates
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