Wooden Carving from Hylestad Stave Church

Title: Wooden Carving from Hylestad Stave Church
Submitted by: DocRife
Description: A swordmaking scene on a wooden carving from the portal of Hylestad Stave Church preserved at Historisk Museum in Oslo, Norway, featuring a scene from the Volsunga Saga. In it, Regin, the blacksmith dwarf is across from his apprentice Sigurd, the renowned dragon slayer.
Identifier: NM-01269
Contributor: Museum of Cultural History, Oslo See all items with this value
Date: 1200 – 1300
Temporal Coverage: Medieval (1100–1500)
Current Location: Museum of Cultural History, Frederiks gate 2, 0164 Oslo, Norway; 59.9167934, 10.7355229
Format: Wood
Type: Other Artefact & Artwork See all items with this value; Artefact & Artwork See all items with this value
Subject: The Saga of the Volsungs; Dwarves; Sigurd; Dragon; Stave Church; Christianity
Rights: CC BY-SA 4.0
Relation: Stave Church; Christianity
References: The Saga of the Volsungs
depicts: Dwarves See all items with this value; Sigurd See all items with this value

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