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Gold jewellery from the 10th century Hiddensee treasure, mixing Norse pagan and Christian symbols. Pair of "tortoise brooches," which were worn by married Viking women. Viking art, also known commonly as Norse art, is a term widely accepted for the art of Scandinavian Norsemen and Viking settlements further afield—particularly in the British Isles and Iceland—during the Viking Age of the ...
Viking Age art is a term for the art of Scandinavia and Viking settlements elsewhere, especially in the British Isles, during the Viking Age. The Vikings were active in the Nordic countries between the late Early Middle Ages and the early portion of the High Middle Ages .
This drawing made by a 17th-century Icelander shows the four stags on the World Tree. Neither deer nor ash trees are native to Iceland. Neither deer nor ash trees are native to Iceland. In Norse mythology , four stags or harts (male red deer ) eat among the branches of the world tree Yggdrasill .
It is generally considered an important piece of Norse art in runestone style Pr1. The stone depicts (as numbered in the second image): Sigurd sitting naked in front of the fire preparing the heart of the dragon Fafnir for his foster-father Regin, who is Fafnir's brother. The heart is not finished yet, and when Sigurd touches it, he burns ...
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The runestone styles were part of the general evolution of art in Scandinavia. This is a part of the decoration of the Urnes stave church which is in the same as the later runestone styles. The term "runestone style" in the singular may refer to the Urnes style. The style or design of runestones varied during the Viking Age.
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Raven artwork on the Vendel I shield (early 600s) at the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities. The raven is a common iconic figure in Norse mythology . The highest god Odin had two ravens named Huginn and Muninn (" thought " and " memory " respectively) who flew around the world bringing back tidings to their master.