Viking Picture Stone (Sigurd the Dragon Slayer) (On Sale) was 56.00

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Viking Picture Stone (Sigurd the Dragon Slayer) (On Sale) was 56.00:
$52.00

Hunninage Picture Stone Wall Hanging
Sigurd the Dragon Slayer
9.25\" tall x 4.75\" wideComes with a beautifully framed 5x7 picture and description of this Picture Stone.OTHER ITEMS USED FOR DISPLAY ARE NOT INCLUDEDThe Hunninge picture stone was found on Gotland and it illustrates imagery from the tradition of the Nibelungenliend. On the top of the stone, there is a man on a horse with a dog meeting a woman and two men fighting near a dead man who is holding a ring. This could represent Sigurd and Brynhild, Sigurd and Gunnar fighting, and Sigurd\'s death. Alternatively, the man carrying a ring could be the messenger Knéfrøðr. On the bottom left, the scene depicts a woman watching the snake pit where Gunnar is lying, and at the bottom three men who possibly could be Gunnar and Hogli attacking Atli.The Sigurd stones form a group of seven or eight runestones and one picture stone that depict imagery from the legend of Sigurd the dragon slayer. They were made during the Viking Age and they constitute the earliest Norse representations of the matter of the Nibelungenlied and the Sigurd legends in the Poetic Edda, the Prose Edda and the Völsunga saga.Sigurd the Dragon Slayer is a hero from Nordic legends and is the main character of the epic \"Volsunsaga.\" According to Norse legend, Sigurd is the son of King Sigmund, who shattered his sword and fell after attacking a disguised Odin. His step-father, King Alf, sent Sigurd as a foster-child to Regin, who attempted to tempt Sigurd into committing acts of violence and greed.Sigurd was sent to retrieve Fafnir\'s gold after the latter had denied Regin a share of gold that had been earned after earlier receiving all of Andvari\'s gold. Accepting the quest, Sigurd went after Fafnir, who had been cursed by the ring and gold of Andvari and became a dragon.Sigurd\'s quest was ultimately successful. He managed to slay Fafnir in his dragonic form, thus earning him the title of Dragon Slayer. Under advice from a disguised Odin, Sigurd bathed in the blood of Fafnir and received invulnerability. Later, Sigurd also drank some of Fafnir\'s blood that granted him the ability to understand birds.Upon receiving understanding of the language of birds, Sigurd learned of Regin\'s corruption by the ring of Andvari and his plans for treachery. Sigurd beheaded his foster-father and then consumed a part of Fafnir\'s heart, which granted him a gift of prophecy.
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