Category:Birds facing each other in Germanic art

The motif of two birds of prey facing each other appears at numerous places in the Migration Period art of the Germanic peoples. They may represent Odin’s ravens Huginn and Muninn, though that is uncertain.

Subcategories

This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.

B

Bird-horned helmets‎ (1 C, 15 F)

H

Huginn and Muninn‎ (5 C, 43 F)

Media in category "Birds facing each other in Germanic art"

The following 24 files are in this category, out of 24 total.

40DB05a (FindID 191137).jpg 2,338 × 1,653; 358 KB
Anglo-Saxon Florid Cruciform Brooch (FindID 238690).jpg 1,063 × 479; 110 KB
Anglo-Saxon florid cruciform brooch knob (FindID 440666).jpg 2,801 × 1,216; 801 KB
Cast gold buckle-plate or belt mount (FindID 859747).jpg 4,687 × 2,356; 3.1 MB
Early Early Medieval Mount (FindID 394853).jpg 1,032 × 675; 190 KB
Early Medieval Mount (FindID 144816).jpg 1,850 × 2,370; 873 KB
Early Medieval mount (FindID 191137).jpg 1,585 × 904; 350 KB
Early Medieval Mount ILLUSTRATION by J. Gibbons (FindID 394853).jpg 4,341 × 2,688; 1.71 MB
Early medieval, Unidentified mount (FindID 741418).jpg 1,301 × 1,508; 751 KB
Early-medieval (Frankish) scabbard chape (FindID 432355).jpg 4,264 × 2,424; 3.03 MB
Early-medieval strap end (FindID 839224) (cropped).jpg 3,329 × 3,537; 4.91 MB
Early-medieval strap end (FindID 839224).jpg 10,306 × 5,182; 8.09 MB
Munbleck (svärdsskida) Finnestorp Västergötland Sweden.JPG 1,443 × 2,102; 829 KB
Mynningsbleck fr Finnestorp 0997.jpg 1,063 × 1,411; 1.3 MB
Lombard "Princess' Grave" of Hauskirchen, Austria - harness mountings, 2.jpg 2,048 × 1,480; 2.19 MB
Mount (FindID 32042).jpg 5,261 × 3,442; 5.84 MB
Mount FIXTURES AND FITTINGS (FindID 32042).jpg 557 × 457; 229 KB
Reliefspänne (2M16-B1958, RAÄ-nr Trävattna 31-1) 9513.jpg 1,702 × 1,642; 1.54 MB
Sutton hoo helmet replica plaque.jpg 600 × 565; 159 KB
Detalj av fågelbehornad vapendansare, Torslunda (Antiqvitets Akademiens Månadsblad 1872 s089 fig39).jpg 2,713 × 3,529; 1.81 MB
Matrix stamp (6915491733).jpg 4,288 × 2,848; 3.64 MB
Bronsplåt 2 fr Torslunda sn, Öland (Stjerna, Hjälmar och svärd i Beovulf (1903) sid 103).jpg 698 × 600; 284 KB
Bronsplåt fr Torslunda sn, Öland (Antiqvitets Akademiens Månadsblad 1872 s090 fig39).jpg 2,811 × 2,439; 9.11 MB
Åkerspennen - Kulturhistorisk museum, UiO - C4901.jpg 2,569 × 3,543; 2.27 MB

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