The Eyrarland Thor Statue in the National Museum of Iceland
Title
The Eyrarland Thor Statue in the National Museum of Iceland
Subject
Artefact
Description
The Eyrarland Statue is a small bronze seated figure, which is widely understood to represent Thor with his hammer. It was found at Eyrarland near Akureyri and dates from the year 1000. It is housed in the National Museum of Iceland (Þjóðminjasafn Íslands), where it was photographed in this picture.
Creator
Twitter User joseferatu @kriemhildsrache
Source
The National Museum of Iceland
Publisher
The World-Tree Project
Contributor
joseferatu @kriemhildsrache
Rights
(c) National Museum of Iceland / joseferatu
Relation
An articel about the item is available from the Viking Society, here http://www.vsnrweb-publications.org.uk/Text%20Series/Thor_the_Windraiser/Thor.pdf
Format
jpg
Type
Still Image
Identifier
Inv. no. 10880
Coverage
Iceland
Viking Age
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