Landshammar runestone
The rune stone from Landshammar ( Samnordisk runtextdatabas Sö 167) is a mask stone west of Spelvik near Nyköping , in Södermanland in Sweden . The rune stone is on the roadside next to a larger burial ground.
The stone is unusual because, in addition to the text, it contains a face of the same type as in Sö 112 in Kolunda and Sö 367 in Släbro. The overall motif consists of a ribbon of snakes with a snake in the bird's eye view ( Swedish Fågelperspektiven ). The rune loops resemble braids, framing a mask face ( Swedish skräckmask ). What the mask symbolizes is discussed, possibly it is Odin . One of his many nicknames is Grimnir (also Grim for short), meaning the masked man. Under the face the text is written with branch runes ( Norwegian Lønnruner - English tree runes ). On the narrow side of the stone, most of the surface is covered with a ring cross in the Ringerike style . The inscription reads:
"Vinjut put the stone after Gudmund, his son, a good young man."
Next to Sö 167 is the fragment of another rune stone that was found in 1942 under the floor of the main building in Landshammar. The text on the fragment reads: "... sat ... after Vinjut, his father." The two stones thus belonged to the same family.
literature
- Ingegerd Wachtmeister : Runstenar i Södermanland , Södermanlands museum, 1984, ISBN 91-85066-52-4 , pp. 39 and 130.
Web links
- Runestone from Landshammar - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
Remarks
- ↑ A story is recorded in the Grímnismál (Grimnir song).
Coordinates: 58 ° 54 ′ 37 " N , 17 ° 4 ′ 11.3" E