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The Narsaq stick is a pine twig inscribed with runic symbols dating to ca.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 28 relations: Aage Roussell, Asterism (astronomy), Ægir, Æsir, Bifröst, Cipher runes, Erik Moltke, Erik the Red, Greenland, Hræsvelgr, Jón Helgason (poet), Kingittorsuaq Runestone, Leif Erikson, Love magic, Narsaq, National Museum of Denmark, Old Norse religion, Prose Edda, Queen of Heaven, Rán, Runic inscriptions, Sigtuna, Tally stick, Vafþrúðnismál, Viking Age, Wight, Ymir, Younger Futhark.

  2. 11th-century artifacts
  3. 1953 archaeological discoveries
  4. Archaeology of Greenland
  5. Norse settlements in Greenland
  6. Runic inscriptions

Aage Roussell

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Asterism (astronomy)

An asterism is an observed pattern or group of stars in the sky.

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Ægir

Ægir (anglicised as Aegir; Old Norse 'sea'), Hlér (Old Norse 'sea'), or Gymir (Old Norse less clearly 'sea, engulfer'), is a jötunn and a personification of the sea in Norse mythology.

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Æsir

Æsir (Old Norse; singular: áss) or ēse (Old English; singular: ōs) are gods in Germanic paganism.

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Bifröst

In Norse mythology, Bifröst, also called Bilröst, is a burning rainbow bridge that reaches between Midgard (Earth) and Asgard, the realm of the gods.

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Cipher runes

Cipher runes, or cryptic runes, are the cryptographical replacement of the letters of the runic alphabet.

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Erik Moltke

Erik Moltke (4 April 1901 – 19 October 1984) was a Danish runologist, writer, and editor.

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Erik the Red

Erik Thorvaldsson, known as Erik the Red, was a Norse explorer, described in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first European settlement in Greenland. Narsaq stick and Erik the Red are Norse settlements in Greenland.

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Greenland

Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat,; Grønland) is a North American island autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.

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Hræsvelgr

Hræsvelgr (Old Norse) is a jötunn in Norse mythology.

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Jón Helgason (poet)

Jón Helgason (June 30, 1899 - January 19, 1986) was an Icelandic philologist and poet.

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Kingittorsuaq Runestone

The Kingittorsuaq Runestone (old spelling: Kingigtorssuaq), listed as GR 1 in the Rundata catalog, is a runestone that was found on Kingittorsuaq Island, an island in the Upernavik Archipelago in northwestern Greenland.

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Leif Erikson

Leif Erikson, also known as Leif the Lucky, was a Norse explorer who is thought to have been the first European to set foot on continental America, approximately half a millennium before Christopher Columbus. Narsaq stick and Leif Erikson are Norse settlements in Greenland.

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Love magic

Love magic is a type of magic that has existed or currently exists in many cultures around the world as a part of folk beliefs, both by clergy and laity of nearly every religion.

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Narsaq

Narsaq is a town in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland.

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National Museum of Denmark

The National Museum of Denmark (Nationalmuseet) in Copenhagen is Denmark's largest museum of cultural history, comprising the histories of Danish and foreign cultures, alike.

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Old Norse religion

Old Norse religion, also known as Norse paganism, is a branch of Germanic religion which developed during the Proto-Norse period, when the North Germanic peoples separated into a distinct branch of the Germanic peoples.

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Prose Edda

The Prose Edda, also known as the Younger Edda, Snorri's Edda (Snorra Edda) or, historically, simply as Edda, is an Old Norse textbook written in Iceland during the early 13th century.

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Queen of Heaven

Queen of Heaven (Regina Caeli) is a title given to the Virgin Mary, by Christians mainly of the Catholic Church and, to a lesser extent, in Anglicanism, Lutheranism, and Eastern Orthodoxy.

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Rán

In Norse mythology, Rán (Old Norse) is a goddess and a personification of the sea.

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Runic inscriptions

A runic inscription is an inscription made in one of the various runic alphabets.

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Sigtuna

Sigtuna is a locality situated in the eponymous Sigtuna Municipality, in Stockholm County, Sweden with 9,689 inhabitants in 2020.

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Tally stick

A tally stick (or simply tally) was an ancient memory aid device used to record and document numbers, quantities and messages.

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Vafþrúðnismál

Vafþrúðnismál (Old Norse: "The Lay of Vafþrúðnir") is the third poem in the Poetic Edda.

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Viking Age

The Viking Age (about) was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonising, conquest, and trading throughout Europe and reached North America.

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Wight

A wight is a being or thing.

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Ymir

In Norse mythology, Ymir, also called Aurgelmir, Brimir, or Bláinn, is the ancestor of all jötnar.

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Younger Futhark

The Younger Futhark, also called Scandinavian runes, is a runic alphabet and a reduced form of the Elder Futhark, with only 16 characters, in use from about the 9th century, after a "transitional period" during the 7th and 8th centuries.

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See also

11th-century artifacts

1953 archaeological discoveries

Archaeology of Greenland

Norse settlements in Greenland

Runic inscriptions

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narsaq_stick