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The Eyrarland Statue of Thor found in Iceland. The Eyrarland Statue is a bronze statue of a seated figure (6.7 cm [1] [2]) from about AD 1000 that was recovered at the Eyrarland farm in the area of Akureyri, Iceland. The object is a featured item at the National Museum of Iceland. The statue may depict the Norse god Thor and/or may be a gaming ...
The Eyrarland Statue, a statue of a seated figure from about AD 1000 that was recovered at the Eyrarland farm in the area of Akureyri, Iceland. The Eyrarland Statue, a copper alloy figure found near Akureyri, Iceland dating from around the 11th century, may depict Thor seated and gripping his hammer. [43]
Thor's Fight with the Giants (Tors strid med jättarna) by Mårten Eskil Winge (1872).. Thor (from Old Norse: Þórr) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism.In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, the protection of humankind, hallowing, and fertility.
10th-century Eyrarland statue of Thor found in Iceland. A seated bronze statue of Thor (about 6.4 cm) known as the Eyrarland statue from about AD 1000 was recovered at a farm near Akureyri, Iceland and is a featured display at the National Museum of Iceland. Thor is holding Mjöllnir, sculpted in the typically Icelandic cross-like shape.
The Death of Balder; E. Eyrarland Statue; G. Gosforth Cross; H. ... Thor Battering the Midgard Serpent; Thor's Fight with the Giants; W. The Wild Hunt of Odin
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Because of similarities in age and design, Eldjárn wrote that it "seems doubtless" that it belongs to the same artistic tradition as the Eyrarland statue from Iceland. [10] The latter is often assumed to be a representation of the god Thor , but also resembles a smaller Icelandic whalebone figure, found in a grave in Baldursheimur together ...