Shepherd's axe

The shepherd's axe is a long thin light axe of Eurasian origin used in past centuries by shepherds in the Carpathian Mountains and in other territories which comprise today Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Romania and Hungary.^[1] The features of a shepherd's axe combine a tool with a walking stick, that could be used as a light weapon. It has symbolic historical and cultural connotations and is still used as a prop in many traditional dances, for example the odzemek.^[2]

^ Forster Bovill, W. B. (2008). Hungary and the Hungarians. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-559-52429-5. A fokos is an instrument with the head resembling that of a tomahawk, and may be used as a walking stick
^ "Odzemok (1*) – Slovakia". Folkdance Footnotes. 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2023-04-30.

[1] Forster Bovill, W. B. (2008). Hungary and the Hungarians. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-559-52429-5. A fokos is an instrument with the head resembling that of a tomahawk, and may be used as a walking stick

[2] "Odzemok (1*) – Slovakia". Folkdance Footnotes. 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2023-04-30.

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