A Pagan made handgun??π
Paganism is seen by some as ancient and archaic before the rise of gunpowder, but did it really?
This is the Danzig Handgun, found in modern day Poland, former Prussia. This early handgun was forged in bronze And mounted on a stick used as a handheld mini-cannon or very very early musket.
What makes this most fascinating is it's manufacturing date being well after official "christianization" of the region. And it is a firearm that directly depicts a pagan god in the form of a godpole. This god being Triglav, easily recognized with his three heads.
Relics such as these go to show that the pagan past, christianisation and many other facts of our folk history need a second look