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Picture stone from TÀngelgÄrda (Gotland, Sweden) presented at the exhibition in the Swedish History Museum in Stockholm.
In this fascinating picture stone were depicted women, men, horses walking in procession, three birds of prey flying above them. What is interesting below chest of a one horse were painted two symbols known as valknuts. Detailed analysis of picture stones from Gotland is included in Sigmund Oehrlâs monograph entitled âDie Bildsteine Gotlands: Probleme und neue Wege ihrer Dokumentation, Lesung und Deutungâ.
More information concerning so-called valknut can be found in Tom Hellersâ book âValknĂștr: Das Dreiecksymbol der Wikingerzeitâ. This symbol was also discussed by Eirik Storesund in fascinating post âThe "ValknĂștr" Does Not Existâ on Brute Norse blog. Â
A drinking scene on an image stone from Gotland,Sweden
Detail of Odin riding Sleipnir from the TjĂ€ngvide image stone, Viking culture of Sweden, c. 700-1100 CE, Swedish Museum of National Antiquities, StockholmÂ
Before Scandinavia was Christianized, Odin reigned supreme as the chief god of the Norse Pantheon, associated with war, wisdom, death and poetry. On Yule, a pagan winter solstice celebration, Odin would lead a wild hunt through the sky while riding his eight-legged horse, Sleipnir. It is said that children would place their shoes near the chimney filled with carrots, straw or sugar for Sleipnir to eat. In the morning, they would find that Odin had replaced the food with gifts or candy, a reward for the childrens' kindness.
Sound familiar? Like the modern tradition of leaving food and drink for Santa and his flying reindeer on Christmas, and waking up in the morning to find stockings filled with gifts? It is possible that through the years the god Odin became Saint Nicholas, Sleipnir became a team of reindeer, and ancient germanic pagan practices live on when we hang stockings by the fireplace on Christmas Eve, waiting them to be filled as a reward for our kindness.