Jelling Stone 2b from Jelling (Denmark).
Transliterated runic text
Sides or/and reading variants:
§ A : haraltr : kunukR : baþ : kaurua ¶ kubl : þausi : aft : kurm faþur sin ¶ auk aft : þourui : muþur : sina : sa ¶ haraltr (:) ias : soR · uan · tanmaurk
§ B ala · auk · nuruiak
§ C (·) auk t(a)ni (k)(a)(r)(þ)(i) kristno
Translation to English
Sides or/and reading variants:
§ A King Haraldr ordered these monuments made in memory of Gormr, his father, and in memory of Þyrvé, his mother; that Haraldr who won for himself all of Denmark
§ B and Norway
§ C and made the Danes Christian.
Illustration 'Freya and the Dwarves ' by Harry George Theaker from Children's Stories from the Northern Legends by M. Dorothy Belgrave and H. Hart (London, 1920)
A map from the publication Topografisk-statistisk Beskrivelse over Kristians Amt (1917) showing Jotunheimen National Park, named after the giants in Norse mythology.
