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[[File:DTVA - Södermanland Runestone.jpg|thumb|250px|One of the Södermanland Runestones / 11th cent.]] | |||
[[Horse]]s were known for transporting people and goods. [[Scandinavia]]ns also granted them the power to move between the worlds of the living and the dead. [[Sleipnir]], the mount of [[Odin]], could carry the All-father between worlds. This was why, in ''[[skald]]ic'' poetry, connections were drawn between horses and [[boat]]s, which also | [[Horse]]s were known for transporting people and goods. [[Scandinavia]]ns also granted them the power to move between the worlds of the living and the dead. [[Sleipnir]], the mount of [[Odin]], could carry the All-father between [[Nine Realms|worlds]]. This was why, in ''[[skald]]ic'' poetry, connections were drawn between horses and [[boat]]s, which also represented gateways between worlds. | ||
Horses were occasionally depicted on [[runes]]tones as a mount for warriors, divine or human, much like on the runestone {{Wiki|Södermanland Runic Inscription 226|depicted here}}. It holds the engravings "raised by four men named Bjôrn, Vébjôrn, Hrafni, and Ketilbjôrn in memory of their father Geirbjôrn". | Horses were occasionally depicted on [[runes]]tones as a mount for warriors, divine or human, much like on the runestone {{Wiki|Södermanland Runic Inscription 226|depicted here}}. It holds the engravings "raised by four men named Bjôrn, Vébjôrn, Hrafni, and Ketilbjôrn in memory of their father Geirbjôrn". | ||
[[Category:Discovery Tour: Viking Age]] | [[Category:Discovery Tour: Viking Age]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:25, 9 April 2022
Horses were known for transporting people and goods. Scandinavians also granted them the power to move between the worlds of the living and the dead. Sleipnir, the mount of Odin, could carry the All-father between worlds. This was why, in skaldic poetry, connections were drawn between horses and boats, which also represented gateways between worlds.
Horses were occasionally depicted on runestones as a mount for warriors, divine or human, much like on the runestone depicted here. It holds the engravings "raised by four men named Bjôrn, Vébjôrn, Hrafni, and Ketilbjôrn in memory of their father Geirbjôrn".