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Description A part of the Gosforth Cross showing, among other things a figure with a horn above a bound figure, usually interpreted to be Loki and Sigyn from Norse mythology. Signed "Magnus P".
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 95.
Author The original artist who made the Gosforth Cross is unknown. Reproduction by Julius Magnus Petersen (1827 – 1917).
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Other versions Image:Loki Bound by Collingwood.jpg is inspired by this depiction of Loki and Sigyn

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