<bron13.htm>     [Bronze Age Text]

 

Also see Figs. 14, 15 & 16

 

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         At Fossum, Bohuslän, Sweden, there is a

large inscription that depicts scenes from the great

winter festival called Thorri, held in the 4th month

of the Norse 6-month winter.  These are some of the

vignettes. 

 

         Top, the symbol of Thorri formed from the

Tifinag letters th, r and n, repeated and arranged to

make a thunderbolt design.  Old Norse Thorinn =

"The Thorri festival." 

 

         Middle, ceremonies open at dawn when trumpet-

blowers summon the people.  The Tifinag letters are

interwoven with the picture, and the word gamga is

represented by a punning hieroglyph of footprints, also

pronounced as ganga.  The text reads R-R GANGA

L-D-R M-N, to be read as Old Norse Arar ganga

ludramenn = "Early morning the sound of  trumpet-

blowers." 

 

         Below, a scene from the hockey or ball game, K-L

= Old Norse kula = "ball game."  (Fell 1982).