Bildstein in the Hørdum Kirke

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Bildstein in the Hørdum Kirke

The picture stone in Hørdum Kirke is a picture stone in Hørdum in Thy in Denmark . It is the only picture stone in Denmark with a representation of the Hymiskviða from Norse mythology . The stone was found in 1954 as a step in the church of Hørdum.

The stone shows only a rough incision. Pictured is Thor's fish haul - with the detail that Thor stepped through the bottom of the boat.

Other representations of the myth

A plate from Gosforth in England shows the motif more precisely, where the cattle skull can be seen as bait. The rune stone from Altuna ( Uppland ) shows the trodden ground in the boat. The fish haul is also shown in the stone Ardre VIII ( Gotland ). It is unclear whether the rock carving from Kville (Sweden) showing two anglers in the boat represents Thor's fishing move.

literature

  • Ingrid Falktoft Anderson: Vejviser til Danmarks oldtid . 1994, ISBN 87-89531-10-8 , p. 142
  • Peter Vilhelm Glob : prehistoric monuments of Denmark . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1968, p. 206
  • Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politics bog om Danmarks oldtid . Copenhagen 2002 ISBN 87-567-6458-8 , p. 87

Literature on Myth

  • Jan de Vries: Old Germanic history of religion. Volume 2: The gods - ideas about the cosmos - the fall of paganism. De Gruyter Berlin / New York 2011 ISBN 978-3-11-002807-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ south of Snedsted, between Vestervigvej and Hørdum vej
  2. ↑ which may lead to another cross; next to the "Gosforth Cross" or belongs to a grave slab
  3. ↑ It also shows the fight with the Midgard serpent.

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Coordinates: 56 ° 50 ′ 38 "  N , 8 ° 30 ′ 46"  E