Viking / Norse Mythology As A Topic

Denmark 1993 stamp.
A Viking Dragon Ship at sea, in the background, with another ship sighted nearby, plowing through the waces, heading in he opposite direction. Notice the Dragon Head on the prow.

Hi Puzzler

Did you know that the dragon heads were often just ceremonial, and were removable.
Most times they were on funeral ships that carried the dead to valhalla.
Regards
Horamakhet

Thank you. So not all ships would go by the name Dragon Ship then?

My Viking-Long-ship collection (not exactly an extensive collection):

Here are images of a souvenir sheet and the four engraved stamps contained within it commemorating the "Arctic Vikings," explorers and settlers in Greenland c. 1000-1400, designed by Greenlandic artist Jens Christian Rosing (1925-2008), stamps engraved by Arne Kühlmann (1939- ), and issued by Greenland on August 13, 1999, Scott Nos. 354a and 351-54, Facit Nos. 339-342.

- nethryk



Viking ship


Man on driftwood


Indian arrowhead and Norwegian coins


Tjohilde's church, Brattahlíð (Qassiarsuk)

Vikings battling, designed after original artwork by Icelandic painter Þorvaldur Skúlason (1906-1984), printed by photogravure, and issued by Iceland on June 11, 1974, Scott No. 464, Facit No. 525.

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Here are images of the two stamps in a set commemorating important events in Norse history, respectively: the first settlement in Iceland, 874, and the discovery of Vinland (North America) 1000, designed by Þröstur Magnússon, printed by photogravure, and issued by Iceland on May 3, 1982 as Europa stamps, Scott Nos. 554 & 555, facit Nos. 615 & 616.

- nethryk

Viking longships and runes, designed and engraved by French artist Jacky Larrivière (1946- ), and issued by Monaco on November 8, 1982 to commemorate the millennium of the discovery of Greenland, Scott No. 1359.

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Here are images of a souvenir sheet and the two stamps contained within it depicting mythological creatures from Norse folklore, designed by Anker Eli Petersen (1959- ), printed by lithography, and issued by Faroe Islands on March 29, 2006, Scott Nos. 471, 471a & 471b, Facit Nos. 570 & 571.

- nethryk

Nornur og Sjódreygil ("The Fates" and "Sea Ghost").


Norns gathered around a sleeping child.


Sjódreygil and seals.

Thanks for this topic!

I have a topical collection of stamps depicting runes and runestones, but I didn't know about the Monaco issue with the Kingittorsuaq stone until I saw nethryk's post.

Ymir suckles from the cow Auoumbla while she licks Buri from the ice, painting by Nicolai Abildgaard (1743-1809), Denmark, 1984:

Mother of the sea and mistress of the wind

Mother of the sea and mistress of the wind, issued by Greenland on March 29, 2006 as part of the omnibus series "Top of the World" about Norse Mythologies:

Sedna is the goddess of the sea and marine animals in Inuit mythology, also known as the Mother of the Sea or Mistress of the Sea. The story of Sedna, which is a creation myth, describes how she came to rule over Adlivun, the Inuit underworld.

In Inuit mythology, Asiaq is a weather goddess (or, more rarely a god, as probably depicted on the stamp) and was quite frequently invoked by the angakoq for good weather, for instance if spring was late it was important to content her and make sure she would send rain and melt the ice. In Greenland, she is the mother of weather, who decides the quantity and the time for snow to fall.