Odin pendant from N. Lincolnshire treasure, to be on show in Scunthorpe Museum http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/Norse-artefacts-discovered-locally-declared/story-25978246-detail/story.html … HT @lincsocietypic.twitter.com/mMCOcpuWDc
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Odin pendant from N. Lincolnshire treasure, to be on show in Scunthorpe Museum http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/Norse-artefacts-discovered-locally-declared/story-25978246-detail/story.html … HT @lincsocietypic.twitter.com/mMCOcpuWDc
I think this is the poss silver Thor's Hammer pendant from Lincs mentioned in the article, btw http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/552357 …pic.twitter.com/X4LXUybjs0
@caitlinrgreen The discussion in the site seems overly speculative. Why connect Odin+birds to Trinity at all? #baffled
@roger_pearse It is to a degree, I agree. But Leahy (cited) knows material well, and Thor's Hammer pendants def have been seen as defiant >
@roger_pearse > pagan response to Christian cross-wearers, so not a massive leap that iconography here might have similar intent, I guess??
@caitlinrgreen I suppose I'm averse to these kinds of interpretations. They obstruct a clear view of what the data *certainly* is.
@caitlinrgreen not sure if militant as such the concept of Huginn Muninn & Wotan pre-existed before Christian proactive missionaries
@morangles Well, is 10C display piece w/ openly pagan imagery, + if depiction on item *is* intended as pastiche... It=interesting idea :)
@caitlinrgreen I always felt that monotheist faiths are aggressive whereas pagan cultures more laid back as more the merrier vs jealous One
@caitlinrgreen thanks for sharing.
@caitlinrgreen What is sad is frequent lack of communication between continental and AS archaeologists/academics
@caitlinrgreen not to mention that Christ between the good and the bad robber could also be some trinity
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