| has gloss | eng: The Tjängvide image stone, listed in Rundata as G 110, is an image stone which was discovered in 1844 on the farm of Tjängvide on Gotland, but it is presently located in the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities in Stockholm. It is a flat slab of limestone which measures 1.7 metres in height, is 1.2 metres wide and 0.3 metres thick. The stone is probably pagan in origin as no trace of any Christian elements has been found. The female figure is identified as a valkyrie. or Grimhild who is welcoming Sigurd to the court of the Gjukungs. This story was popular during the Viking Age and is depicted on other runestones and image stones known as the Sigurd stones. It is also possible that the eight legs symbolize the high speed of the horse and that the rider is a living man who is welcomed by his wife. The man behind the lady appears to carry a bow and he may be a dead man who is hunting and the quadruped may be his dog. |
