Mask stone
Maskenstein ( Danish Maskesten also Trollstein - Swedish skräckmask - Schreckmaske) is the name for rune stones and other stones depicting a face ( mask ) from the late Viking Age (around 960 – around 1050) in Sweden and Denmark . The stone of Sjellebro has no runic inscription.
Mask stones
Sweden
- Sö 86 rune stone from Åby
- Sö 90 Lövhulta
- Sö 112 mask stone from Kolunda
- Sö 167 Landshammar
- Sö 175 Gislestenen in Aspö
- Sö 367 Släbro
- Vg 40
- Vg 106 Lassegården
- Nä 34 Nasta
- U 508 Gillberga
- U 670 in Rölunda
- U 678 Skokloster
- U 824 in Holms
- U 1034 in Tensta
- U 1150 in Björklinge
- DR 258 rune stone fragments from Bösarp
- DR 286 Mask Stone from Hunnestad (loss)
- DR 314 Runestone from Lund On the four meter high side a mask is depicted between two wolves
- DR 335 mask stone from Västra Strö .
Denmark
- DR 62, stone from Sjelle
The outermost narrow stone shows a mask in the center. The inscription on both sides of the mask reads:
- Freystein places this stone in memory of Gyrðr his comrade, Sigvaldi's brother
The rest is illegible.
- DR 66 Stone of Aarhus (around 960/1050)
A mask is depicted on one side of the stone and a runic inscription on the other two :
- Gunulv and Ögot and Aslag and Rolf had this stone erected after Ful their comrade, who… found death when (the) kings were fighting.
It is in the Moesgård Museum
- Sjelle grids and rune stones by Julius Magnus Petersen
Picture stone from Sjellebro
Aarhus
Aarhus
Aarhus
Skjern
- DR 81 Skjern
The rune stone wears a mask in the center of the front side, which is similar to that of Sjellebro. It stands near Ringkøbing Fjord , in the graveyard of Skjern Church . His inscription reads:
- Sasgard, Finnulv's daughter, built this stone for Odinkar, the son of Osbjørn the dear and loyal to the prince. A magician (should) the man (meet, curse) who destroyed this monument .
- DR 1985: 539 Bildstein from Sjellebro
The 1.7 meter high stone only has a large face (troll), it bears no inscription.
- The Bjerring rune stone (Danish Bjerring-stenen - DR AUD1996; 274 or DK MJy 10) was found in 1996 during the restoration of the north portal of Bjerring Church as a threshold stone . On the back of the stone a mask in the style of a mother is carved. Traces of the reddish-yellow color can be seen in the mask, which is rarely retained.
literature
- Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politics bog om Danmarks oldtid . Copenhagen 2002 ISBN 87-567-6458-8 , p. 95
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Släbro is reminiscent of Danish stones from Aarhus and Sjelle in his mask representation
- ↑ the same passage can be found on the rune stone at the Råda kyrka the text of the rune stone reads: Torkel placed this stone after his son Gunne. He was killed in battle when the kings were fighting.