The 12th-century chess pieces, part of a large hoard discovered on the isle of Lewis. Probably produced in Norway, most of them carved from walrus ivory.
The logo of the pan-Nordic, neo-Nazi organisation the 'Nordic Resistance Movement'. The logo is a black 'Tyr' rune on a green background: Tyr was the god of war in the Norse tradition, and this rune has been used by several Nazi and neo-Nazi organisations throughout its modern history.
"Auf Walhall", signiert Karl L. Prinz, Öl auf Leinwand, 135x 162 cm. Ausgestellt und im Katalog verzeichnet: Jubiläums-Ausstellung. Künstlerhaus Wien, 1911
Stora Hammars I picture stone from Gotland, Sweden, one of four eighth-century picture stones from Stora Hammars farm. It depicts obscure mythological scenes.
Ullr, a Norse god associated with skiing, pictured on a medallion proclaiming him 'Patron Saint of Winter Sports' (1935). Given as a memento for a school trip in 1935 to the youth hostel Kammhaus "Rübezahl" in the Giant Mountains
Illustration of A-side of runestone DR 81, featuring a carved “mask” motif interpreted as a protective symbol against evil spirits by Magnus Petersen. Illustration by George Stephens, 'Thunor the Thunderer: Carved on a Scandinavian Font of about the Year 1000.' (London/Copenhagen, 1878)
Illustration of the Norns by Franz Stassen for Richard Wagner's "Der Ring Des Nibelungen: Das Rheingold" (Berlin, 1930) featuring an example of faux-runic typescript
Runestone Sö 226 at Norra Stutby, Södermanland (Sweden). Inscription reads "Björn and Vibjörn and Ramne and Kättilbjörn errected the stone after Gerbjörn, their father".
Illustration by Arthur Rackham (1867 - 1939) in Wagner, Richard (translated by Margaret Amour) 'The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie' (London: William Heinemann, New York: Doubleday, 1910), p. 22.
Steel sculpture of Sleipnir, the eight legged horse from Norse mythology. Seen here overlooking the Midland Metro tram depot at Wednesbury, originally commissioned as part of Line one art project, and is one of several commissions that can be seen along the line.
Based on a stone carving in Gotland. It shows Odin riding his eight-legged horse, Sleipnir into Valhalla where he is welcomed by a Valkyrie. In the top left, Thor can be seen in a boat fishing for the Midgard Sepent. This is from a stone carving at Gosforth in Cumbria.
