The 'Odin' from Lejre 900 CE

"In his [Archbishop Unni's] days the Hungarians devastated not only our Saxony and the other provinces on this side of the Rhine but also Lotharingia and Francia across the Rhine. The Danes, too, with the Slavs as allies, plundering first of all the Transalbingian Saxons and then ravaging the country this side of the Elbe, made Saxony tremble in great terror. Over the Danes there ruled at that time Harthacanute Gorm, a savage worm, I say, and not moderately hostile to the Christian people. He set about completely to destroy Christianity in Denmark, driving the priests of God from its bounds and also torturing very many of them to death."

-Adam of Bremen. History of the Archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen (Records of Western Civilization Series) (p. 62). Columbia University Press.

Photo: Ole Mallin @ Roskilde Museum.

The 'Odin' from Lejre 900 CE. Note the two birds, possibly Huginn and Muninn. Also the two animal faces behind, possibly the wolves Geri and Freki. Photo from kokita-eri-historiadelarte blogspot.

Photo: Ole Mallin @ Roskilde Museum.

Source:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Odin_fra_Lejre_(8423840948).jpg

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Odin-from-Lejre-Zealand-Photo-Ole-Mallin-Roskilde-Museum-Used-with-kind_fig5_287975215

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Quote:

Adam of Bremen. History of the Archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen (Records of Western Civilization Series) (p. 62). Columbia University Press.