Print depicting a gullgubbe from Borg
- Title
- Print depicting a gullgubbe from Borg
- Submitted by
- Severian
- Description
- Modern print reproducing the design of a gullgubbe (small gold-foil figure) excavated at Borg in Lofoten, Norway, and displayed at Lofotr Viking Museum. The original is one of five gold-foil plaques found at Borg depicting two figures facing and embracing one another. Such paired figures have commonly been interpreted as the god Freyr and the jötunn Gerðr. The print bears the logo of Lofotr Viking Museum and “Lofoten Norway".
- Identifier
- NM-01613
- Contributor
- Severian
- Temporal Coverage
- Viking Age (0750–1100)
- Place of Origin
- Lofotr Viking Museum, Vikingveien 539, 8360 Bøstad
- Format
- Ink on paper
- Language
- Norwegian [nor]
- Subject
- Gullgubbe
- Rights
- Severian
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Is Part Of
- Lofotr/ Lofoten
