The Chariot of the Sun: And Other Rites and Symbols of the Northern Bronze Age |
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animal appears arms artist associated bear belong bird body Bohuslän Bronze Age bull burial carried central central Europe century ceremony chariot clear clearly close connected cult custom dead decorated deity disk divine doubt drawn early engravings Europe evidence example explained fact fertility figure gods grave hand head horns horse human idea important included influence interesting interpretation kind known land late later least less linked look marriage means natural northern Norway object occur Odin Östergötland pair particular perhaps period position possible probably regarded region religion religious represent rites rock rock-engravings Roman round sacred Scandinavia scene seems seen shape ship shown in Fig side significance similar single sometimes spear stag standing stone suggests sun-disk Sweden sword symbol thought tradition tree twin weapon wheel whole worship