![]() The word pom-pom derives from the French word pompon and was adopted in the late 19th century to refer to what you think of when you think of a pom-pom today: a little puff of fabric or feathers or whatever. Soldiers of the French line infantry firing their weapons during a historical reenactment of the Napoleonic wars of the 19th century. In an article written by archaeologist Neil Price included in the text Old Norse Religion in Long-Term Perspectives: Origins, Changes & Interactions, Price says, of the statuette, “The figure is wearing a helmet and a bracelet on each wrist, all of which are highly deliberate design inclusions and therefore not without meaning.” Great. Is that interesting to you? Hm? What if I told you the statuette also has an erect penis? Now I have your attention. The Viking god Freyr, or what is widely thought to be the Viking god Freyr, is depicted wearing a hat or helmet with a pom-pom on it in a statuette that was discovered in 1904 on the farm Rällinge in Södermanland, Sweden. ![]() The pom-pom hat’s origins can be traced back to Scandinavia in the year a very long time ago. How about - let’s just hear the explanation and you can decide for yourself if it’s interesting. ![]() There is an explanation for why you have that ball, that burst of fun, that round smush of fabric on the tippy top of your head. ![]() While the answer to why winter is so cold and dark and sad may never (?) be uncovered, the pom-pom question is a different story. Why is the weather so cold? Why is the outside so dark? Why do I feel so sad all of the time? And finally, why does everyone have a pom-pom on the top of their hat as if it is a normal decoration, and no one ever talks about it, not even if you ask them directly and are very polite? The winter season brings with it many seemingly unknowable questions. ![]()
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