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Odin from Lejre (approx 900 AD) - Lejre excavations, September 2009. Photo by Mogens Engelund. Photo by Mogens Engelund. Odin from Lejre is a small cast silver figurine from approximately 900 C.E., depicting an individual on a throne flanked by two birds and two animal heads.
Map of the historical and current Iditarod trails; the route taken during the 1925 serum run is shown in green.. The 1925 serum run to Nome, also known as the Great Race of Mercy and The Serum Run, was a transport of diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled relay across the US territory of Alaska by 20 mushers and about 150 sled dogs across 674 miles (1,085 km) in 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 days, saving the small ...
Like Alexander's horse Bucephalus, Peritas was awarded a city named in his honor, with a monument to his glory in its central square. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] According to Plutarch , after recalling the story of Bucephalus, "It is said, too, that when he lost a dog also, named Peritas, which had been reared by him and was loved by him, he founded a city and ...
Sleipnir has been and remains a popular name for ships in northern Europe, and Rudyard Kipling's short story entitled Sleipner, late Thurinda (1888) features a horse named Sleipner. [ 29 ] [ 27 ] A statue of Sleipnir (1998) stands in Wednesbury , England , a town which takes its name from the Anglo-Saxon version of Odin, Wōden .
Other evidence for such a triad includes Adam of Bremen's description of the Temple at Uppsala as containing statues of these gods. [6] These three are also the only Norse gods known to have been actively worshipped during the Viking Age. [7] The runic inscription is carved in the younger futhark and consists of three personal names.
Odensvi – Odin's Sanctuary, [11] a place name appearing in Västmanland, Närke & Småland. Odinslund, [ 4 ] modern toponym Onsjö, [ 12 ] Odensjö & Odensjön – Odin Lake / The Odin Lake , several places in southern Sweden
The name Geri has been interpreted as meaning either "the greedy one" or "the ravenous one". [1] The name Geri can be traced back to the Proto-Germanic adjective * geraz , attested in Burgundian girs , Old Norse gerr , Old Swedish giri , Old High German ger or giri and Old Dutch gir , all of which mean "greedy". [ 2 ]
Yggdrasil (Old Norse 'Yggr's horse') is a cosmic tree from which Odin sacrificed himself, and which connects the Nine worlds. 19th century scholar Jakob Grimm connects the name Irmin with Old Norse terms like iörmungrund ("great ground", i.e. the Earth) or iörmungandr ("great snake", i.e. the Midgard serpent).