Norse art

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The Ramsund carving in Sweden depicts 1) how Sigurd is sitting naked in front of the fire preparing the dragon heart, from Fafnir, for his foster-father Regin, who is Fafnir's brother. The heart is not finished yet, and when Sigurd touches it, he burns himself and sticks his finger into his mouth. As he has tasted dragon blood, he starts to understand the birds' song. 2) The birds say that Regin will not keep his promise of reconciliation and will try to kill Sigurd, which causes Sigurd to cut off Regin's head. 3) Regin is dead beside his own head, his smithing tools with which he reforged Sigurd's sword Gram are scattered around him, and 4) Regin's horse is laden will the dragon's treasure. 5) is the previous event when Sigurd killed Fafnir, and 6) shows Otr from the saga's beginning

Norse art is a blanket term for the artistic style in Scandinavia during the Germanic Iron Age, the Viking Age, and sometimes even used when describing objects from the Nordic Bronze Age. Art during the Viking Age is also known as "Viking Art". There are three main styles, Jellinge, Ringerike and Urnes. Jelligne is named after Danish royal grave in Jutland and features prominent animal designs. The Ringerike style is characterized by elaborate foliage ornament and interlacing and is named after the district in Norway where it is represented in local sandstone. Detailed designs in carved doors of Urnes Church in the Sognefjord, Norway was the namesake of the final style.

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Ladbyskibet, the only Danish ship burial. The ship and its owner are buried in Ladbyhøj together with 11 horses and at least 4 dogs. It is located close to Kerteminde on Funen, Denmark. The ship was decorated with a dragon's head in the bow. Today only the dragon's coily mane made of iron remains.
Copies of the two golden horns of Gallehus from around the 4th century. The copies can be seen at Nationalmuseet in Denmark. The original horns were unfortunately stolen and destroyed in 1802.
Gundestrupkarret (the Gundestrup Cauldron) is a celtic style cauldron from the Iron Age. It was found in Denmark. It can be seen at display at the National Museum (Nationalmuseet) in Denmark.
The Solvogn (the Trundholm sun chariot) is from the Bronze Age. It was found in a bog in 1902 in Denmark. In the Danish Bronze Age mythology it was believed that the sun was carried over the sky on a carriage from noon to evening. At night the sun was escorted by a snake to the night ship that transported it until morning. A fish then escorted the sun to the morning ship that transported it until the horse took over again. Solvognen is at display at the National Museum (Nationalmuseet) in Denmark
Copy of The Cammin Casket, at display at the National Museum (Nationalmuseet) in Denmark. The original casket was lost during the Second World War. The casket was made in the late Viking Age (around year 1000) in the southern part of Scandinavia. It is made out of wood, elk horn and bronze and is an example of Norse art with rich carvings in Mammen style. The shape of the casket represents the shape of a Viking house.
A composite image made from several sides of the Ledberg Runestone having illustrations of what probably are Varangians in the Byzantine Empire and a Byzantine ship.
Oseberg longship - one of the most stunning expressions of Norse art and craftsmenship

Ladbyskibet. Only the dragons coily mane made of iron remains.	Kopies of the two golden horns of Gallehus	Gundestrupkarret (the Gundestrup Cauldron) is a celtic style cauldron found in Denmark	Solvognen from the Bronze Age
The backside of the solvogn	Copy of the Cammin shrine	The Ledberg Runestone	Oseberg longship from the front.