Modern rune stone by Erik the Red Sandquist at Jelling

Title

Modern rune stone by Erik the Red Sandquist at Jelling

Subject

Rune stone reconstruction

Description

Photos of a brightly painted modern rune stone outside the Kongernes Jelling Museum. It was carved by Erik the Red Sandquist, a professional rune carver from Denmark who is a member of a re-enactment group
Brimir. This stone was made for the Royal Jelling Museum in 2004–2005, in the Mammen style. It includes World-Tree imagery, a mask, birds and one with a runic text. The text (in reconstructed Old Norse) reads

Tyd du tidernes runer
I Kongernes Jelling
Erik huggede dette kuml.

Interpret the runes of times
in Jelling of the Kings
Erik carved this stone.

Creator

Gerard (Panda) Terry

Publisher

Gerard (Panda) Terry

Date

2012

Contributor

Gerard (Panda) Terry

Rights

(c) Gerard (Panda) Terry. Public Domain.

Format

jpg

Type

Still Image

Coverage

Denmark
Modern
Jelling

Files

IMG_1464.JPG
IMG_1463.JPG
IMG_1465.JPG

Geolocation

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