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This petroglyph was found damaged on a burial ground a few hundred meters from the copy that’s now stands at Vallenstena church is Vallstenarum, Gotland. The stone is dated to the migration period and was originally raised at a tomb dating from the 400 or 500 AD. The spirals in the middle are associated with sun worship and the two figures with spears and shields at the bottom of the stone can be associated with pagan rituals and war. According to half a millennium younger Icelandic litterature , the two animals opposite each other could tell us about the stallion breeding sport, which was very popular during these times. But, as we know from many other petroglyhps and sources, these horse-looking animals was often linked to the sun and movement symbolism in the prehistoric religions. This particular one is very similar to another gotlandic stone found in Hadlingbo.
~ Solens kraft ~
I’ve always been a person who prefer sun and bright longer days. That’s why I call myself a ”spring child”. Not because It’s my birth season, but also because this is the time when I’m the best verison of me.
I am so grateful that the sun is with us during these dark times with light, comfort and warmth
The object in the picture is a pendant with a sun cross symbol, found in a grave from Björkö, Sweden.
This one is exhibited at the Historical museum in Stockholm. @historiska
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