Inside the King's Hall in Land of Legends Lejre:
“The stories tell that precisely in Lejre the first Danish kings ruled; The Viking Kings Skjoldungerne. And you can't help but be impressed and overwhelmed when you stand in their huge Royal Hall, which has just been built in the Land of Legends Lejre.
Like an inverted ship, it rests high on a hill. Here the King sat with his warriors around the open fire in the middle of the hall. And here the legendary hero Beowulf fought against the monster Grendel to defend the king's royal hall.
The Royal Hall is more than 10 meters high and measures 60 meters from end to end. It is built of over 1,000 tons of Danish oak and beautifully decorated with figures from Norse mythology; Odin and Thor, Odin's ravens and wolves, snakes winding and proud eagles. The hall is a fantastic example of Nordic architecture and an impressive craftsmanship - both then and now.” (source: visitdenmark.com)
Fun fact: It was also in Lejre that the small silver figurine Odin from Lejre was found in 2009, during the same excavations that revealed the original mead hall in Gammel Lejre (”Old Lejre”).
The Öndvegissúlur in gif #5 represents the god Frej/Frey (you can see why approximately in the middle of the high-seat), while the Öndvegissúlur in gif #6 represents Odin - it’s hard to see in the gif, but the left eye has been marked with a carving to represent the one eyed god.
There are two other Öndvegissúlur in the King’s Hall, one for Freja/Freya and one for Thor, not shown in these gifs.
