Title

Odin from Lejre

Creator

liamh2os

Description

This chair amulet has been interpreted as depicting the Norse god Odin sitting at a high chair with his ravens. Dated approximately to the year 900, the amulet was found in Lejre in 2009 and subsequently housed at the Roskilde museum.

Identifier

NM-00413

Date

0900

2026-07-20

Temporal Coverage

Viking Age (0750–1100)

Current Location

4320 Lejre, Denmark

55.601292, 11.964526

Format

Silver

Type

Artefact & Artwork

Artefact & Replica

Jewellery

Subject

Odin

Raven

Amulet

Rights

CC BY-NC 4.0