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Description Detail of the Gosforth Cross showing a humanoid figure tear apart the jaws of a monster. Usually interpreted to be Víðarr's battle with Fenrir at Ragnarök.
Date This photograph/reproduction published in 1913. The cross itself is medieval (possibly 10th century).
Source Photographed from Finnur Jónsson (1913). Goðafræði Norðmanna og Íslendinga eftir heimildum. Híð íslenska bókmentafjelag, Reykjavík. Page 83.
Author The original artist who made the Gosforth Cross is unknown. Reproduction by Julius Magnus Petersen (1827 – 1917).
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