'Yggdrasil' by Dagfin Werenskiold in Oslo City Hall
Norse Mythology
The marble fountain in Oslo City Hall depicts Yggdrasill with the Norns at its base ready to water it, and the various animals that live in its branches. It was designed by Dagfin Werenskiold.
Dagfin Werenskiold
Oslo City Hall
09/09/2016
RDale
(c) RDale. CC BY
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No linguistic content
Still Image
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2893
Modern, Norway, Norge, Oslo
Leaflet about the Sólfar / Sun Voyager sculpture in Reykjavík
Sculpture - Iceland
Information leaflet about the Sólfar sculpture, often described as a 'Viking ship' and the artist Jón Gunnar Árnason.
Jón Gunnar Árnason
Thorbjörg Jónsdóttir
Sólfar JGÁ
2016
Thorbjörg Jónsdóttir
© Sólfar JGÁ sf.
doc
English
Text
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2631
Iceland
Modern
Information about Sólfar / Sun Voyager sculpture
Sculpture - Iceland
Sólfar / Sun Voyager by artist Jón Gunnar Árnason is often described as a Viking ship, when in fact the inspiration is more complex, as this information put together by the artist's daughter, Thorbjörg Jónsdóttir, explains. The document includes details of other statues and artworks produced by the artist, some of which are clearly inspired by Norse history and mythology.
Thorbjörg Jónsdóttir
The World-Tree Project
2016
Thorbjörg Jónsdóttir
(c) Thorbjörg Jónsdóttir
doc
English
Text
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2630
Iceland
Modern
Memorial to Anne Stine and Helge Ingstad
Memorials
The memorial to Anne Stine and Helge Ingstad who discovered the Viking Age site at L'Anse aux Meadows. The memorial is outside the Viking Ship Museum in Bygdoy.
RDale
Vikingskipshuset
RDale
12/09/2016
RDale
RDale, Kulturhistorisk museum
http://www.khm.uio.no/
jpg
Norwegian
StillImage
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2086
Modern, Norway, Norge, Bygdoy, Bygdøy
'The Fates' Sculpture in St Stephen's Green, Dublin
Sculpture
Statue by artist Josef Wackerle, entitled 'The Fates', and depicting the Norns Urðr, Verðandi and Skuld weaving the fates of men. It was a gift to the people of Ireland from the German Federal Government for their help taking in child refugees after the Second World War. It is located near the Leeson St. entrance to St Stephen's Green in Dublin.
Josef Wackerle
The World-Tree Project
Photo: August 2016
Tom Birkett
Image public domain
jpg
English
Irish
German
Still Image
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/1896
Dublin
Ireland
Modern
Bronze plaques around Wood Quay, indicating the site of Viking and medieval finds
Monuments - archaeological sites
There are several bronze plaques around the Wood Quay area (the centre of Viking Dublin) which indicate where artefacts were discovered in the city. Some of these artefacts can be viewed in the National Museum. Erected by Dublin City Council.
Dublin City Council
The World-Tree Project
Admin
Images public domain
jpg
Still Image
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/1890
Ireland
Dublin
Modern
Baite Viking Ship sculpture on Essex Quay/Wood Quay, Dublin
Sculpture
Metal sculpture 'Baite Viking Ship' evoking a beached Viking vessel, by artist Betty Newman-Maguire. Located near to the controversial Dublin City Council Civic Offices development on Wood Quay. Dublin Millennium Commission, 1988.
Betty Newman-Maguire
The World-Tree Project
Photo: August 2016
Original: 1988
Admin
Image Public Domain
http://www.bettynewmanmaguire.ie/new-page/
jpg
Still Image
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/1889
Ireland
Dublin
Modern
Sculpture of a Viking Ship Hull outside Dublin City Council's Civic Offices
Monuments
A sculpture which is intended to evoke the hull of a Viking ship, by artist Michael Warren. It is placed on Wood Quay outside the main entrance to Dublin City Council's Civic Offices as a gesture towards the importance of this site, now mostly covered by the controversial development.
Michael Warren
The World-Tree Project
Photo: August 2016
Created: 1997
Admin
Image Public Domain
jpg
Still Image
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/1888
Ireland
Dublin
Modern
Postcard depicting a modern commemorative "runestone" in the Jardin des Plantes, Rouen.
Rune stone - modern
Postcard depicting a modern commemorative "runestone" in the Jardin des Plantes, Rouen – a gift from the Kingdom of Norway. <br /><br />"In 1911 the city of Rouen celebrated the millenium of the founding of the Duchy of Normandy and the baptism of the Viking King Rollo. The runestone in the Jardin des Plantes permanently records the dates of the millennium." <br /><br />The stone features shields with rains of arrows, an elaborate dragon-prowed Viking ship, and sword-wielding arms. To view the image, visit the <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/october_song/6443561277/" target="_blank">Flickr site</a>
Flickr user Tel O'Brie (october_song)
Flickr
c. 1911
Marcus Smith
All rights reserved, Tel O'Brie.
French
Hyperlink
https://www.flickr.com/photos/october_song/6443561277/
Rouen
France
Modern
Victorian Memorial to Alfred the Great Naval Battle, Swanage Bay
Commemoration
Memorial plaque reads: "In Commemoration of a Great Naval Battle fought with the Danes in Swanage Bay by Alfred the Great D877". For more information see <a href="http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/48796" target="_blank">here</a>
The World-Tree Project
Photo taken August 2010
Memorial: unknown date
Event: D877
Rebecca Hill
CC BY NC
<a href="http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/48796" target="_blank">http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/48796</a>
jpg
English
Still Image
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/1418
WM reference 48796
Modern
England
Who do you think this statue represents?
Sculpture
Sculpture seen in Museet Ribes Vikinger. We think it may represent Sif, or Freyja. Any other suggestions welcome!
Unknown
Museet Ribes Vikinger
The World-Tree Project
2016
Admin
CC BY NC
<a href="http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/" target="_blank">http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/</a>
jpg
Still Image
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/1398
Denmark
Ribe
Modern
Blog: Horns-of-Odin: origins of the design
Blog
A description of the inspiration behind bod's Horns-of-Odin plaque. The plaque features three horns in a valknut-style design.
bod
bod
bod
18/11/2014
Administrator
bod
Hyperlink
English
Hyperlink
http://justbod.blogspot.ie/2014/11/horns-of-odin.html
Modern, Yorkshire, England
Runes, Monuments and Memorial Carvings
Research Network
The RMMC Network brings together researchers, including postgraduate students, in the fields of, for instance, History, Viking Studies, Medieval Studies, Runology, Art History, History of Religion, Archaeology, and Historical Linguistics with the intention to build up and strengthen an interdisciplinary research environment for researchers working with different aspects of carved stone monuments from the Viking Age and the early Middle Ages in Scandinavia, the British Isles, Ireland and Northern Europe.
Marjolein Stern
Cecilia Ljung
http://monumentsnetwork.org/
Runes, Monuments and Memorial Carvings Network
08/08/2016
Administrator
Runes, Monuments and Memorial Carvings Network
Website
English
Website
http://monumentsnetwork.org/
Viking Age, Medieval
Statue of Holger Danske by H.P. Pedersen-Dans
Sculpture
Famous statue by sculptor H.P. Pedersen-Dans in Kronborg Castle depicting the legendary figure Holger Danske (Ogier the Dane) first mentioned in the eleventh-century Chanson de Roland, and who later becomes a major antagonist (and later supporter) of Charlamagne in French romance. He is said to be sleeping with his beard growing to the ground, to wake when Denmark is in danger.
H.P. Pedersen-Dans
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Holger_danske.jpg
Wikipedia
Image 2005
Admin
CC BY-SA 3.0
jpg
Still Image
Denmark
Modern
Statue of Egill Skallagrímsson by Gustav Vigeland
Statue
'Egil Skallagrimson reiser nidstang'. A sculpture of the warrior-poet Egill Skallagrímsson (tenth-century hero of Egils saga) raising a nithing pole to his Norwegian enemies, by renowned Norwegian sculpture Gustav Vigeland. It is located in a park in Mandal, Norway. From Panoramio.
Gustav Vigeland
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/40447882
Panoramio
2010
Admin
CC BY-SA 3.0 Attribution to Panoramion user trolvag
jpg
Still Image
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/40447882
Norway
Modern
Blog post: The Kilmorie Cross
Blog
Discussion and photographs of the Viking Age cross at Kirkcolm in the Rhinns of Galloway. The cross is Christian but features a figure identified as the hero Sigurd.
Tim Clarkson
https://senchus.wordpress.com/
Tim Clarkson
12/07/2016
Administrator
Tim Clarkson
https://senchus.wordpress.com/
Hyperlink
English
Hyperlink
https://senchus.wordpress.com/2016/07/12/the-kilmorie-cross-again/
Viking Age, Scotland, Kirkcolm, Galloway
Blog: Stones Ingrained
Blog
A blog about early medieval art, and especially sculpture.
Heidi Stoner
Wordpress.com
Heidi Stoner
06/07/2016
Heidi Stoner
Heidi Stoner
https://wordpress.com/
Website
English
Website
https://hlstn.wordpress.com/
Medieval
Can you help us identify this Statue / Sculpture in Ísafjörður, Iceland?
Sculpture
Sculpture in front of a house in Ísafjörður, which may be a representation of a high-seat pillar. Any information gratefully received!
Unknown
World-Tree Project
2016
Anne-Kathrin Schoerner
Public Domain
jpg
Still Image
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/613
Modern
Iceland
Troll statue at Geysir Centre, Haukadalur, Iceland
Statue
This statue of a troll stands outside the visitor centre at Geysir, and is a popular place for tourists to take photos. Trolls are a supernatural being (usually antagonist) featuring in Old Norse mythology, but since adopted and adapted in a variety of ways in folklore and in popular culture.
Unknown
World-Tree Project
2016
Administrator
Public Domain
jpg
Still Image
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/612
Iceland
Modern
Statue by Niels Christian Frandsen Entitled Hús Guðanna
Statue
A statue standing outside the Norwegian Church in Heimaey, Westman Islands. The statue was erected in 1999 and is named Hús Guðanna, 'House of the Gods', the plural suggesting a reference to the Norse gods.
Niels Christian Frandsen
World-Tree Project
2016
Administrator
Public Domain
jpg
Modern Icelandic
Still Image
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/495
Iceland
Westman Islands
Modern