Open AccessFinding Poetry in the Ground— a Kenning of Silver from Neble, Zealand
Author(s) -
Peter Pentz
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
danish journal of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2166-2290
pISSN - 2166-2282
DOI - 10.7146/dja.v10i0.124251
Subject(s) - shield , iconography , poetry , art , dual (grammatical number) , geology , art history , physics , literature , paleontology
A circular pendant found near Neble, Zealand is interpreted as a double-sided amulet, decorated respectively on one side as a shield and as a wheel on the reverse. This dual iconography is suggested as a material reference to the kenning shield-wheel, known from Snorri Sturluson´s Skáldskaparmál.