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Kirsten Svendsdatter Finds the Gold Horn at Gallehus on 20 July 1639, 1859. Creator: Niels SimonsenKirsten Svendsdatter Finds the Gold Horn at Gallehus on 20 July 1639, 1859. (In 1639, a young peasant woman discovered a golden horn sticking out of the ground near her home in Denmark)
The Three Norns, 1844. Creator: Johan Ludvig Gebhard LundThe Three Norns, 1844. (Deities in Norse mythology.)
King Canute the Dane, 1732. Creator: George VertueKing Canutethe Dane, 1732. Portrait of Cnut the Great in an oval frame surmounted by a coat of arms, with runes, flaming torches, swords, arrows and coins
Thorleif Hmakkis cross at Braddan on the Isle of Man, done in the Mammen style with five interlaced dragons. The runes read Thorli and Hualdi erected this cross to the memory of Fiac his son
The Franks Casket, Anglo-Saxon, first half of the 8th centuryA side panel of the Franks Casket, showing Romulus and Remus with the wolf, from the British Museums collection.Side panel from The Franks Casket, Anglo-Saxon, first half of the 8th century
Roskitil cross-fragment on the Isle of Man, 10th centuryThe Roskitil cross-fragment, found at Kirk Braddan on the Isle of Man. The runes read ?but Rossketill betrayed him in a truce his own oath-fellow, 10th century
Earliest known example of Oghams and Runes in Ireland, 11th centuryEarliest known example of Oghams and Runes in Ireland, carved by a Christianised Norseman, probably as an act of expiation. At Killaloe Cathedral in County Clare, Ireland, 11th century
Viking runes on a gravestone to a churchyard in Sweden
Viking Thorwalds cross-slab from Andreas Church on the Isle of Man, 10th centuryDetail of Thorwalds cross-slab from Andreas Church on the Isle of Man - note the runes on the edge. The figure bears a fish (a Christian symbol) and a cross, and tramples on a serpent, 10th century
Bewcastle Anglo-Saxon Cross, 7th centuryAn elaborate Anglo-Saxon cross from Bewcastle, Cumbria. Runes are visible in the centre, 7th century
Gold bracteate, Germanic Iron Age, Denmark, c500
Womans Grave, Himlingoje, Denmark, Iron Age, c200-400
Stone with Runes & Celtic Oghams, Killaloe Church, Co. Clare, EireStone with Runes & Celtic Oghams, Killaloe Church, Co.Clare, Eire