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Stamp FO 177 from the Faroe Islands, featuring a toy horse from the Viking AgeOne of a pair of Faroese stamps released in 1989 and designed by Bárður Jákupsson, featuring a Viking Age toy horse found in at the…
The Stora Hammars I image stoneOne of four early Viking-Age picture stones from Stora Hammars in Gotland, featuring scenes of battle, and imagery interpreted as having a mythical or…
Gilt bronze horse from a wind vane of a ship in Nationalmuseet, DanmarkAn animal figurine found in Lolland, originally from a wind-vane (or prow ornament) on a ship. Dating to c. 1000 AD. For a higher-resolution image see…
Horse bones found in a heathen grave on display in Museet Ribes VikingerFoot bones from a horse found in a pit in a heathen grave in Ribe. Probably a pagan offering. Details about the exhibition can be found at…
Valkyrie til Hest Pendant Souvenir in Kalundborg MuseumValkyrie and Horse pendant design based on the Tiss
Street Name: Sleipners veiSleipners vei (Sleipnir's Way) is named for Odin's eight-legged horse who is able to slide between worlds.
Rune stone (Gs 19) (Ockelbo Kyrka - Replica)A replica of Rune stone Gs 19 which was destroyed in a fire in the adjacentOkelbo Kyrka,Gästriklands, Sweden. It isone of the so-called Sigurd…
Poster for 'Rediscovering the Vikings' Conference in Cork (Horse)A poster produced by Anne-Kathrin Schoerner for the Conference 'Rediscovering the Vikings: Reception, Recovery, Englagement' at University College…
Replica of a drawing of a horse from Jarlshof, in Shetland Museum and ArchivesA drawing of a horse on slate, with dense etching (partially reconstructed). From the Norse site at Jarlshof, Shetland. This is a replica: the…
Viking Horses (Icelandic Company)This company offers horse riding tours in the Reykjavik area, and draws on the Viking origin of Iceland's distinctive breed of horses in their…
News: Viking traders spread comfy-to-ride horses around the world, DNA suggestsA news story that discusses how the genetic mutation that permits a horse to 'pace' first arose in early medieval England and was spread to Iceland…
Horse-fights: The brutal entertainment of the Icelanders in the Middle AgesHorse-fights are depicted in the Icelandic sagas as a form of entertainment. This article examines how horse-fights were conducted and what their…
Viking Camembert CheeseA camembert cheese from Roger Lanquetot et Fils in Vern-sur-Seiche, Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany, which uses imagery based on the Bayeux…
The Icelandic HorseA short essay on the history of the Icelandic horse from the Viking Age onwards
Viking-Age StirrupA Viking-Age stirrup in The Yorkshire Museum, York
Placemat replicating a motif of the month of April from the Baldishol TapestryA textile placemat in a series by Leif Thesen (Oslo), depicting a motif of the month of April based on the eleventh-century tapestry found in…