Hrsg. v. Graham-Campbell, James Unter a. v. Batey, Colleen ; Clarke, Helen ; Page, R. I. Aus dem Englischen von Kreutzer, Gert ; Kreutzer, Jens ( Bildatlas der Weltkulturen). Zahlr., tls. farb. Abb. und Ktn. 240 S.
Odin und Thor, Freyja und Loki, Sigurd der Drachentöter, Gudrun und Brünhild – die oft unterhaltsamen und manchmal erschreckenden Geschichten geben Einblick in die Gesellschaft Skandinaviens zur Zeit der Wikinger.
In Orkney, Shetland and the Scottish Islands, in Ireland, the Isle of Man and above all in Scandinavia, travelers still come upon great memorial stones, inscribed with the curious angular alphabet called runes. This is the story of these inscriptions from the earliest Continental carvings of the late second century A.D. through to the Viking age.
In Orkney, Shetland and the Scottish islands, in Ireland, the Isle of Man and above all in Scandinavia, travellers still come upon great memorial stones, inscribed with the curious angular alphabet called runes. Rune-masters also cut their letters on other objects, including swords, brooches, pendants and rings. They even wrote letters in runes on sticks of wood. This book tells the story of runes from the earliest Continental inscriptions of the late second century AD through to the Viking Age and to the related script used for the English language in Anglo-Saxon times. The author shows what a wealth of material about our early civilisations has been recorded in runes and suggests to the reader where he may discover them for himself.