Rune stone (Gs 19) (Ockelbo Kyrka - Replica)
Rune stones
A replica of Rune stone Gs 19 which was destroyed in a fire in the <span>adjacent </span>Okelbo Kyrka, Gästriklands, Sweden. It is one of the so-called Sigurd Stones, which depict scenes from the legend of the Völsungs. It also includes a unique depiction of the playing of the boardgame Hnefatafl.<br /><br />According to the <em>Samnordisk Runtextdatabas</em> the inscription reads:<br />
<p><strong>blesa × lit × raisa × stain×kumbl × þesa × fa(i)(k)(r)(n) × ef(t)ir × sun sin × suar×aufþa × fr(i)þelfr × u-r × muþir × ons × siionum × kan : inuart : þisa × bhum : arn : (i)omuan sun : (m)(i)e(k)]</strong><br /><br /><em>Blesa lét reisa steinkuml þessi fagru eptir son sinn Svarthôfða. Friðelfr v[a]r móðir hans <siionum> <kan> <inuart> <þisa> <bhum> <arn> <iomuan> son <miek>.</em><br /><br /></p>
<p>Blesa had these fair stone-monuments raised in memory of his son Svarthôfði. Friðelfr was his mother. ...<br /><br /><br /></p>
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Eleventh century
Photo: 2007
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Gs 19
Sweden
Viking Age
Poster for 'Rediscovering the Vikings' Conference in Cork (Hnefatafl Players)
Publicity - poster
A poster produced by Anne-Kathrin Schoerner for the Conference 'Rediscovering the Vikings: Reception, Recovery, Englagement' at University College Cork, 25-26 November 2016 (Organised by the World-Tree Project). The hnefatafl players are based on an image on the (replica) of the Viking Age Rune stone Gs 19 outside Ockelbo church, Gästrikland, Sweden (item <a href="http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2361">#2361</a>)
Anne-Kathrin Schoerner
The World-Tree Project
2016
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CC BY. Credits: Anne-Kathrin Schoerner
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English
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Cork
Ireland
Modern
Staff from Gävle
Archaeological artefacts
This staff has been found in Gävle (Gastrikland, Sweden) in a grave in which have been also discovered weaponry and jewellery. It has been made from iron with ornamentation with bronze animal heads. In the lower part it has ring with tree iron pendants.
Photo of this artefact has been took on the temporary exhibition entitled 'Die Wikinger' which took place in Berlin in 2014.
References:
- Gardeła L. 2016: (Magic) Staffs in the Viking Age, Studia Medievalia Septentrionalia 27, Wien.
- Price N. 2002: The Viking Way: Religion and War in Late Iron Age Scandinavia, AUN 31, Uppsala.
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
17/12/2014
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2865
Viking Age, Gävle, Gastrikland, Sweden, Sverige, Vikingatida, Vikingetiden, Vikingtiden