A Viking ship. Detail from the Ăverhogdal tapestries, named after the village in Sweden where they were discovered in 1909. The tapestries include imagery drawn from the Norse tradition, such as Odin's eight-legged horse Sleipnir and (possibly) the world-tree Yggdrasil, as well as Christian imagery. Interpretation of the tapestries differs, but the scenes may represent Ragnarök, the end of the world as recounted/prophesied in Norse religion and myth. Recent radiocarbon dating places the tapestries between 1040 and 1170. They are now located in Jamtli, a museum in Ăstersund, Sweden.
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