NorseMap

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  Rune stick from Narsaq, Greenland (GR 76).

  Rune stick from Landnamsgården, Narsaq (Greenland) (GR 76).
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  The Ledberg Stone (Ög 181).

  The Ledberg Stone, Ög 181, Östergötland (Sweden).
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  Runestone Sö 226 at Norra Stutby, Södermanland (Sweden).

  Runestone Sö 226 at Norra Stutby, Södermanland (Sweden). Inscription reads "Björn and Vibjörn and Ramne and Kättilbjörn errected the stone after Gerbjörn, their father".
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  Detail from the Rök Stone (Sweden).

  Detail from the Rök runestone in Ödeshög (Sweden)
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  Modern depiction of the Týr rune.

  Depiction of the Týr rune on a piece of wood.
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  Sculpture

  Amber figurine of a sitting cat from Birka

  Amber figurine of a sitting cat from Birka (Sweden).
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  Painting

  Illustration of the goddess Freyja with her cats (A. Rackham)

  Illustration by Arthur Rackham (1867 - 1939) in Wagner, Richard (translated by Margaret Amour) 'The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie' (London: William Heinemann, New York: Doubleday, 1910), p. 22.
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  LandmarksOrHistoricalBuildings

  Reconstructed Chieftain’s House at Bøstad

  Reconstructed Chieftain’s House at the Lofotr Viking Museum (Bøstad, Norway)
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  Place

  Vestrahorn Viking Village & Film Set

  Viking Village Replica, made for a film that was never produced, at Vestrahorn (Iceland)
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  LandmarksOrHistoricalBuildings

  Ruins of the Norse Settlement at Birsay

  Ruins of the Norse settlement at the Brough of Birsay, Orkney (Scotland, United Kingdom)
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  LandmarksOrHistoricalBuildings

  Jarlshof Norse Longhouse

  Jarlshof Norse Longhouse at Sumburgh, Shetland Islands (Scotland, UK)
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  Church

  Heddal Stave Church (Norway)

  Heddal Stave Church (Norway), a medieval stave church in its original location
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  Church

  Gustav Adolf Stave Church

  Gustav Adolf Stave Church (Germany)
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  'Sleipnir' sculpture (S. Field)

  Steel sculpture of Sleipnir, the eight legged horse from Norse mythology. Seen here overlooking the Midland Metro tram depot at Wednesbury, originally commissioned as part of Line one art project, and is one of several commissions that can be seen along the line.
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  Modern carving of Odin riding Sleipnir

  Based on a stone carving in Gotland. It shows Odin riding his eight-legged horse, Sleipnir into Valhalla where he is welcomed by a Valkyrie. In the top left, Thor can be seen in a boat fishing for the Midgard Sepent. This is from a stone carving at Gosforth in Cumbria.
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  Painting

  'Sigurd and Fafnir' (H. Hendrich)

  Painting "Sigurd and Fafnir" by Hermann Hendrich, Based on The Ring of the Nibelung, by Richard Wagner (1813-1883).
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  Sculpture

  Dragon Níðhöggr (S. Rubach Swande)

  Carving of the dragon Níðhöggr by Sebastian Rubach Swande.
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  'Hati and Sköll' (K. Diaz Holm)

  Photograph of "Hati and Sköll" by Kim Diaz Holm.
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  'Týr and Fenrir' (J. Bauer)

  Illustration of Týr and Fenrir by Swedish artist John Bauer in the German edition of Viktor Rydberg's 'Fädernas gudasaga' (1911)
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  Brand

  Coat of arms of the Norwegian Intelligence Service

  Coat of arms of the Norwegian Intelligence Service (E-tjenesten) with 2 ravens
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  Odin with Huginn and Muninn (J. Sigurðsson)

  Eighteenth-century illustration of Odin with his ravens Huginn and Muninn by Jakob Sigurðsson. From the Royal Danish Library.
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  Manuscript

  Yggdrasil depicted in an Icelandic manuscript (AM 738 4to)

  The world tree Yggdrasil with the assorted animals that live in it and on it, depicted in seventeenth-century Icelandic Manuscript AM 738 4to
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  Yggdrasil (O. Olufsen Bagge)

  Yggdrasil, The Mundane Tree. Plate included in the English translation of the Prose Edda by Oluf Olufsen Bagge (1847)
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  Triskele Pattern from Newgrange (pre-Viking)

  Triskele pattern in the end recess at Newgrange passage tomb in Ireland.
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  Entwined drinking horns on the Snoldelev runestone

  Detail of triskel shaped entwined drinking horns on the Snoldelev runestone. Runes kun'uᴀlts| |stᴀin ' sunaʀ ' ruʜalts ' þulaʀ ' o salʜauku(m) Normalised text Gunnvalds steinn, sonar Hróalds, þular á Salhaugum. English Translation Gunnvaldr's stone, Hróaldr's son, reciter of Salhaugar.