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[[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. | [[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 respresented 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". | ||
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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 respresented 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".