Tjängvide image stone
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The Tjängvide image stone, listed in Rundata as Gotland Runic Inscription 110 or G 110, is a Viking Age image stone, from Tjängvide, which is about three kilometers west of Ljugarn on the Swedish isla
The Tjängvide image stone.
Sleipnir
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In Norse mythology, Sleipnir is an eight-legged horse ridden by Odin. Sleipnir is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, writte
Tjängvide image stone
…figures, such as a quadruped animal and some less discernible images. The rider on his horse is usually identified with Odin on his eight-legged horse Sleipnir, or a dead man who is arriving at Valhalla on Odin's horse. The female figure is identified as a valkyrie. The images of the rider on the horse is used…
Depiction of Sleipnir in a detail on the Tjängvide image stone.
"Odin and Sleipnir" (1911) by John Bauer.
An illustration of Odin riding Sleipnir from an 18th-century Icelandic manuscript.
An 18th century Prose Edda manuscript illustration featuring Hermóðr upon Sleipnir (left), Baldr (upper right), and Hel (lower right).