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Torslunda plate

One of four Torslunda plates
One of four Torslunda plates
  • ... that a one-eyed figure shown on one of the Torslunda plates (pictured) is possibly the Norse god Odin? Source: Arrhenius & Freij 1992, p. 76: "Before leaving the plate I will also point on one famous detail on the picture, the missing right eye (of Oden) which is clearly marked. In a closer contour map (fig 6) we can observe that this eye is removed by a sharp cut".

Created by Usernameunique (talk). Self-nominated at 16:52, 27 December 2017 (UTC).