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ᛉ Sagnamaðr Stark ᛉ
22 сент., 05:28
Finds from the Lisnacroghera Bog in Antrim, Northern Ireland, including a short sword, scabbard, spear head and spear terminals, shield boss with a triskelion, and an early form of a bronze hanging bowl, likely for ritual use, 3-2nd Century BC.“For arms they have a shield and a short spear, with a bronze apple attached to the end of the spear-shaft, so that when it is shaken it may clash and terrify the enemy; and they also have daggers.” ~Cassius Dio, Roman History book 77࿋
ᛉ Sagnamaðr Stark ᛉ
21 сент., 22:40
A Viking Age strap slide with a Borre-style gripping beast design, 9-10th Century. Very similar to a few finds from the Gokstad Ship. Found in Norfolk, near where the Great Heathen Army landed in 865AD. 𐘾
ᛉ Sagnamaðr Stark ᛉ
21 сент., 04:09
A Viking Age cruciform mount with an inlaid niello knotwork design. This design was later called Solomon’s Knot, widely used as an apotropaic symbol across Europe; its later association with Solomon attests to these properties. Found in Braintree, Essex, 10-11th Century. 𐘾
ᛉ Sagnamaðr Stark ᛉ
20 сент., 22:09
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ᛉ Sagnamaðr Stark ᛉ
20 сент., 22:09
The Irish poem The Cauldron of Poesy describes three metaphysical cauldrons that exist within people, which when balanced, unlock poetic inspiration; the cauldrons of warming, motion and wisdom. Perhaps these are the three elements of awen that the Book of Taliesin speaks of.“Ban pan doeth peir ogyrwen awen teir.” “The three elements of inspiration that came, splendid, out of the cauldron.” ~Book of TaliesinSimilarly, the Völuspá describes the Gods bestowing sense (óðr), heat and motion, and a goodly hue, upon Ask and Embla.“Soul they had not, sense they had not, Heat nor motion, nor goodly hue; Soul gave Othin, sense gave Hönir, Heat gave Lothur and goodly hue.” ~Völuspá 18, Bellows “Önd þau ne áttu, óð þau ne höfðu, lá né læti né litu góða; önd gaf Óðinn, óð gaf Hœnir, lá gaf Lóðurr ok litu góða.”Many Celtic hanging bowls are decorated with triskelions; a symbol of divineᛉ Sagnamaðr Stark ᛉ
20 сент., 05:45
“The Hildr of battle stands every morning under a red shield; now the victory-maidens have established hard sword-play for the Danes. You have to fight with a sword, like everyone; Óðinn, the hard father of Baldr, wishes to choose the wretched, dark slain.” ~Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa Painting: Walkürenritt by Adolf Münzer, 1897. 𐘾 “Hildr stendr hverjan myrgin hjaldrs und rauðum skildi; nú hafa sigrmeyjar settan sverðleik Dǫnum harðan. Eiguð víga vægi vill Baldrs faðir illan Óðinn harðr sem allir óljósan val kjósa.”
ᛉ Sagnamaðr Stark ᛉ
19 сент., 23:02
A rare early Anglo Saxon ansate or equal-armed brooch, found in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, 5-6th Century. Similar brooches appeared in continental Europe from the 7th Century onwards; this was a uniquely English pattern, also one of the few found in male Anglo Saxon burials. 𐘾
ᛉ Sagnamaðr Stark ᛉ
19 сент., 04:59
“Halfs eyris metk hverjan hrísrunn fyr ǫ́ sunnan; vel hafa víðir skógar vargi opt of borgit.” “I value each bush south of the river at half an ounce; extensive woods have often protected a wolf well.” ~Lausavísa by Víga-Glúm 𐘾
ᛉ Sagnamaðr Stark ᛉ
18 сент., 23:28
An Anglo Saxon bronze lyre bow and tuning peg from Oakley, Suffolk, 6-7th Century. Imagine the songs and epic poetry that it would have overseen. 𐘾
ᛉ Sagnamaðr Stark ᛉ
18 сент., 03:35
A Viking Age silver Gungnir pendant from the National Museum of Denmark. Heill þér Óðinn! ᚸ
ᛉ Sagnamaðr Stark ᛉ
17 сент., 22:38
Arminius’s uncle was called Inguiomerus by Tacitus. If we are to believe -merus was a Latinization of Proto-Germanic mērijaz, renowned, his name would’ve been Ingvi’s renowned. Quite the title. Painting by Alexander Zick, 1901. ᛝ
ᛉ Sagnamaðr Stark ᛉ
17 сент., 05:21изменён
People talk a lot about “unity” these days.A major factor in the Romans abandoning their conquest of Germania was there was no one unified political centre to subdue, no one king to parade through Rome in golden chains. Take out one chieftain, a dozen more will fight on in his place.Wars of unification were ultimately what ended the period of exploration and innovation that was the Viking Age. Scandinavia never truly recovered, and was never as feared nor respected again. Yet, centuries later, the very word “Viking” still conjures an image in the minds of millions.Unity is overrated. The ethos of a people is ultimately what shapes history.Painting: Furor Teutonicus by Paja Jovanović, 1899. 𐘾
ᛉ Sagnamaðr Stark ᛉ
16 сент., 22:36
A Celtic bronze funerary mask of the Hallstatt Culture, from Kleinklein, Austria, 5th Century BC. The style of the face is very similar to that of Bell Beaker Culture stelae. 𐃏
ᛉ Sagnamaðr Stark ᛉ
16 сент., 05:45
A unique Viking Age pendant from Ribe, Denmark, with a piece of quartz set in silver, held in by four bear heads. 𐘾
ᛉ Sagnamaðr Stark ᛉ
15 сент., 22:57
An unusual bronze gripping beast mount from Norddjurs, Denmark, with a highly surreal figure; perhaps a landvættir. 𐘾
ᛉ Sagnamaðr Stark ᛉ
15 сент., 05:09
Something that stands out in multiple Roman accounts of Caledonia and Germania is, there wasn’t a moment when the Romans admitted to a crushing defeat. They pretended they were in charge and winning until they couldn’t, and even when they were in full retreat, they pretended it was their idea. In other words…never blackpill. Painting by Angus McBride. 𐘾
ᛉ Sagnamaðr Stark ᛉ
14 сент., 23:02
In the Orkneyinga saga, a crew broke into a burial mound called Orkahaugr, today called Maeshowe, to seek shelter from a storm. The mound contains several runic inscriptions, one reading; Jórsalafarar brutu Orkhaug, “Jerusalem-travellers (crusaders) broke Orkahaugr”. ᛁ︍ᚬᚱᛋᚬᛚᚬᚠᚬᚱᚬᚱ᛫ᛒᚱᚢᛏᚢ᛫ᚬ︍ᚱᚴᚼᚬᚢᚴ︌᛫
ᛉ Sagnamaðr Stark ᛉ
14 сент., 05:14
One of the rune sticks from Bryggen, N B384, bears interesting cypher runes shaped like bearded faces, the rune’s ætt indicated by the hairs on the left, its place within it by the hairs on the right. The inscription reads -sim liui sinu, “sem lífi sínu”, as his life, thought to be the remnant of a love note. The Skáld-Helga rímur contains the term “unna einum sem lífi sínu”, to love someone as one’s own life. Or; perhaps it was a healing charm; the Old Norse term lyf/líf applied to medicine, the sustainment of life. ᛋᛁᛘ᛫ᛚᛁᚢᛁ᛫ᛋᛁᚾᚢ
ᛉ Sagnamaðr Stark ᛉ
13 сент., 23:25
A Viking Age bronze buckle with two dragon heads at the edges of the frame and a bear head in the middle, found in North Yorkshire, 9-11th Century. 𐘾
ᛉ Sagnamaðr Stark ᛉ
13 сент., 03:44
To become a healer, the Sigrdrífumál advises carving runes on a tree whose branches face eastward. In the Hárbarðsljóð, Thor returns from fighting jötnar in the east; facing the runes east towards Jötunheimr may have been believed to subdue evil forces.“Brimrúnar skaltu rísta, ef þú vilt borgit hafa á sundi seglmörum; á stafni skal rísta ok á stjórnarblaði ok leggja eld í ár, er-a svá brattr breki né svá bláar unnir, þó kemstu heill af hafi.”“Branch-runes learn, if a healer wouldst be, And cure for wounds wouldst work; On the bark shalt thou write, and on trees that be With boughs to the eastward bent.” ~Sigrdrífumál 10, BellowsPainting: Thor, Hymir and the Midgard Serpent by Lorenz Frølich, 1906. 𐘾
