#guldgubbe

Gullgubber are found all over Scandinavia, especially in Denmark. And tend to be from the earlier part of the iron age then become less and less common toward the viking age.

Redid the danish Gullgubber because i drew them kinda sloppily at first

She was alone on her piece of gold, which is more common(but more boring imo) than the embracing couple motif.

Via Flickr: Body to body, cheek to cheek. They have been embracing each other in an eternal kiss over one 1000 years on a thin gold foil. Tiny and brittle, and never intended for practical use, the foil is as small as a finger nail. It is one of thousands of impressed gold foils that have been found in Scandinavian long houses from the 5th century to the late Viking Age. The gold foils are interpreted as a kind of temple coins or lucky charms, maybe thrown in the ground of a new built house to make it prosperous. The woman is dressed in a diamond-patterned long garment and has an elaborated hair style. The man wears a tunic. His hair reaches his shoulders. Some believe they represent the god Frey and his wife Gerd, the giantess. The gold foil is found together with 25 others at the important Iron Age settlement Helgö at Lake Mälaren in Uppland. Se more of my favourite photos in this set. Text: Inga Ullén, Photo by Gunnel Jansson/SHMM Persistent Item URL: kulturarvsdata.se/shm/object/html/110379