Detail of a runic inscription from the Ed Rune Stone.
Runes:
̍ᚦᚭᚱᛋᛏᛁᚾ ̍ᛚᛁᛏ × ᚴᛅᚱᛅ ̍ ᛘᛅᚱᚴᛁ ̍ ᚠᛏᛁᛣ ̍ᛋᚢᛁᚾ ̍ ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ ̍ ᛋᛁᚾ ̍ ᚢᚴ ̍ᚠᛏᛁᛣ ̍ ᚦᚭᚱᛁ ̍(ᛒ)ᚱᚭᚦᚢᚱ ̍ ᛋᛁᚾ ̍ ᚦᛁᛣ ̍ ᚼᚢᛅᚱᚢ ̍ ᚼᚢᛏ ̍ᛏᛁᛚ ̍ᚴ--ᛁᚴᛅ ̍(ᚢ)(ᚴ) ̍ᛁᚠᛏᛁᛣ ̍ ᛁᚾᚴᛁᚦᚢᚱᚢ ̍ᛘᚬᚦᚢᚱ ̍ ᛋᛁᚾ ̍ ᚣᛒᛁᛣ ᚱᛁᛋᛏᛁ ̍
Rune text transliteration:
' þorstin ' lit × kara ' marki ' ftiR ' suin ' faþur ' sin ' uk ' ftiR ' þori ' (b)roþur ' sin ' þiR ' huaru ' hut ' til ' k--ika ' (u)(k) ' iftiR ' inkiþuru ' moþur ' sin ' ybiR risti '
English translation:
Thorsteinn had the landmark [rune stone] made in memory of Sveinn, his father, and in memory of Thórir, his brother. They were abroad in Greece. And in memory of Ingithóra, his mother. Œpir carved [it].
Halfdan Runic Inscription from the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque Hagia Sophia (Turkey).
Runes:
(ᚼ/ᛆ)ᛚᚠᛐᛆᚿ …
Rune text transliteration:
alftan/hlftan …
English translation:
Halfdan …
Runic Inscription on the Piraeus Lion from Piraeus (Greece)
Rune text transliteration:
Sides or/and reading variants:
§ A ... : (h)(i)(a)(k)(u) þ(i)(r) (h)(i)lfniks (m)i(n) -----... ¶ ... (e)(n) i hafn þesi þir (m)(i)(n) i-ku runar at (h)a(u)-sa buta -...(h)(u)(a)-... ¶ ... --þ^u s^uiar þ(e)ta| |a l^einu ¶ ... f...- aþr gailt^ ^uan kear(u)-
§ B tr(i)ki(r) ÷ ris(t) r(u)(n)(i)(r) ...
§ C (:) a(s)(m)un(t)r × ri(s)(t)(i) (×) ... ...(n)(a)r þisar × þair × is(k)-... ... (þ)(u)(r)l(i)f(r) ---- auk × - (×) -...-o-...---(t)-... ¶ -ufru(k)...r...(s)--...--...uanf(a)(r)(n) ×
English translation:
Sides or/and reading variants:
§ A ... they cut(?), the troops men ... but in this harbour the men cut runes in memory of Haursi, a ... vigorous(?) husbandman ... Swedes arranged(?) this on the lion ... He fell(?)/perished(?) before he could gain payment.
§ B Valiant men carved the runes ...
§ C Ásmundr carved ... the runes, they Áskell(?) ... Þorleifr(?) ... and ...
Jelling Stone 2b from Jelling (Denmark).
Transliterated runic text
Sides or/and reading variants:
§ A : haraltr : kunukR : baþ : kaurua ¶ kubl : þausi : aft : kurm faþur sin ¶ auk aft : þourui : muþur : sina : sa ¶ haraltr (:) ias : soR · uan · tanmaurk
§ B ala · auk · nuruiak
§ C (·) auk t(a)ni (k)(a)(r)(þ)(i) kristno
Translation to English
Sides or/and reading variants:
§ A King Haraldr ordered these monuments made in memory of Gormr, his father, and in memory of Þyrvé, his mother; that Haraldr who won for himself all of Denmark
§ B and Norway
§ C and made the Danes Christian.
Illustration 'Freyja and the Dwarves ' by Harry George Theaker from Children's Stories from the Northern Legends by M. Dorothy Belgrave and H. Hart (London, 1920)
A map from the publication Topografisk-statistisk Beskrivelse over Kristians Amt (1917) showing Jotunheimen National Park, named after the giants in Norse mythology.
The eleventh-century Drävle Runestone (U 1163) depicts scenes from the Sigurd legend, including what may be a representation of Andvari with a large ring.
A wooden and rope sculpture outside the entrance to Ribe VikingeCenter in Denmark. The Norns were the entities in Norse mythology responsible for weaving the fate of all living things.
The Punishment of Loki, a painting by James Doyle Penrose, R.H.A. (1862-1932). Loki is tied to a cliff, and cowers before a snake, coiled around a nearby tree and menacing at him from inches away.
"Freyr with his hog Gullinbursti" by Johannes Gehrts from the book 'Walhall : Germanische Götter- und Heldensagen für Alt und Jung am deutsche Herd erzählt', by (Kreuznach : R. Voigtländer, 1888)
One of four eighth-century picture stones from Stora Hammars farm: it contains six panels with several scenes interpreted as depictions of Norse myth and legend, including a figure wielding a valknut
A Viking Age picture stone from Gotland, featuring scenes often interpreted as mythological in nature, including a procession featuring valknut symbols
Monument to Leif Erikson outside Hallgrimskirkja in Reykjavik. Made by American artist Alexander Stirling Calder in 1930, on commission from the US Government as a gift to Iceland to celebrate 1000 years of the Icelandic parliament.
