Title

Viking Cross-Shaft Fragment from Sockburn, County Durham, 10th century. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

Viking Cross-Shaft Fragment from Sockburn, County Durham, 10th century. Horseman with Bird are Odin and the Raven and below Valkeyrie offers Horn to Hero in Valhalla (possibly).

Date

900th century

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/CM Dixon

Reference

HRM19B83_136

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

72,7Mb (2,7Mb) / 16,6in x 17,0in / 4973 x 5109 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal England animals horses horse religious bird birds religion horn cross decorative raven deity God viking horseman horsemen century image studio shot artefact concept mythology artifact United Kingdom fragment goddess Valhalla 10th Century tenth century 20th century Corvus corax historic County Durham CM Dixon Norse mythology Odin TGN Valkyries Wotan passerine object Darlington Unknown stone Wodan Woden Dixon CM CM Dixon Mike Dixon sockburn cross shaft CM Dixon stone object