Flying Daggers, Horse Whisperers and a Midwinter Sacrifice: Creating the Past during the Viking Age and Early Middle Ages

This paper sets out to trace the life history of a horse skull found in a bog in Scania in the year 1900. A parallel is drawn between the find of the horse and the famous painting, "Midwinter Sacrifice" by Carl Larsson. The story of the horse has opened up a discussion on how material cul...

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Main Author: Eva Stensköld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Svenska Arkeologiska Samfundet 2006-12-01
Series:Current Swedish Archaeology
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Online Access:https://193.10.12.85:443/csa/article/view/721