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Runestone U 871 with several runic animals pictured on the same rock (runic dragons in red, runic serpent in white), which are bound together. Runic animals ( Swedish : rundjur ) are the decorative animal figures on runic inscriptions , especially on runestones , which belong to Germanic animal ornamentation [ sv ] and the like.
Ingvar Runestones – 26 Varangian runestones that were raised in commemoration of those who died in the Swedish Viking expedition to the Caspian Sea of Ingvar the Far-Travelled. Serkland Runestones – six or seven runestones which are Varangian Runestones that mention voyages to Serkland, the Old Norse name for the Muslim world in the south.
The most famous runestones and those that people tend to think of are those that tell of foreign voyages, but they comprise only c. 10% of all runestones, [21] and they were raised in usually memory of those not having returned from Viking expeditions and not as tributes to those having returned. [23]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Runestones raised in memory of women (2 C, 13 P) ... Runic animal This page was last ...
The Lund 1 Runestone is a granite stone pillar nearly four meters in height that has inscriptions carved on its four sides. There are runic inscriptions carved on sides A and B of the stone, images of two animals identified as wolves and a man's mask on side C, and the mask of a lion face on side D.
The animal heads are typically seen in profile with slender almond-shaped eyes and upwardly curled appendages on the noses and the necks. The stone was discovered in 1730 during excavation work near the castle and moved to its current location in 1926. [1] It is located near Sö 179 which is one of the Ingvar runestones.
Two groups of runestones erected in Denmark mention a woman named Thyra, which suggests she was a powerful Viking sovereign who likely played a pivotal role in the birth of the Danish realm.
This statue was very famous and portrayed Theodoric with his shield hanging across his left shoulder, and his lance extended in his right hand. The Mærings is a name for Theodoric's family. [citation needed] According to the old English Deor poem from the 10th century, Theodoric ruled the "castle of the Mærings" (Ravenna) for thirty years ...