The Snake-Witch Stone, Odhroerir, Valhalla, and Heimdall By Lyfing

The Snake-Witch Stone On the top of the stone we see a triskelion pattern that has been identified as.. a boar, an eagle, and a wolf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake-witch_stone On The Snoldelev Stone we see a similar image..

The Snoldelev Stone And, likewise on The Stenkyrka Stone..

The Stenkyrka Stone Odhroerir is said to be contained in three vessels.. "3. And again said ger: Whence originated the art that is called skaldship? Made answer Brage: The beginning of this was, that the gods had a war with the people that are called vans. They agreed to hold a meeting for the purpose of making peace, and settled their dispute in this wise, that they both went to a jar and spit into it. But at parting the gods, being unwilling to let this mark of peace perish, shaped it into a man whose name was Kvaser, and who was so wise that no one could ask him any question that he could not answer. He traveled much about in the world to teach men wisdom. Once he came to the home of the dwarfs Fjalar and Galar. They called him aside, saying they wished to speak with him alone, slew him and let his blood run into two jars called Son and Bodn, and into a kettle called Odrarer. They mixed honey with the blood, and thus was produced such mead that whoever drinks from it becomes a skald and sage. The dwarfs told the asas that Kvaser had choked in his wisdom, because no one was so wise that he could ask him

enough about learning." Skldskaparml Now looking at Grmnisml.. Easily known to Yggs chosen Are the heavenly halls: A wolf hangeth oer the western gate, And hovers an eagle on high. Grmnisml 10, Hollander trans. By Andhrimnir in Eldhrimnir Saehrimnir, the boar, is boiled, The best of bacons; though tis barely known What the einherjar eat. Grmnisml 18, Hollander trans. Interesting it is that on The Snake-Witch Stone we have a triskelion with heads of a boar, an eagle, and a wolf and the description of what the Einherjar eat in Valhalla. What of the figure on the bottom then..?? "Although many scholars call it the Snake-witch, what the stone depictsan accurate interpretation of the figuresand whether it derives from Celtic art or Norse art remain debated." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake-witch_stone I think it is Heimdall. "The poem Rgsula is preserved incomplete on the last surviving sheet in Codex Wormianus following Snorri Sturluson's Edda. A short prose introduction explains that the god in question was Heimdall who wandered along the seashore until he came to a farm where he called himself Rg. The name Rg appears to be the oblique case of Old Irish r, rg "king", cognate to rex in Latin and rajan in Sanskrit." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADg The horns on the figure are a ram.. "Heimdall's nickname Hallinski ("Bent Stick") also appears as a kenning for "ram", perhaps referring to the bent horns on a ram's head." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heimdall

Of him is said .. "Heimdall was provided further with a flashing sword and a marvellous trumpet, called Giallarhorn, which the gods bade him blow whenever he saw their enemies approach, declaring that its sound would rouse all creatures in heaven, earth, and Nifl-heim. Its last dread blast would announce the arrival of that day when the final battle would be fought. To battle the gods are called By the ancient Gjallar-horn. Loud blows Heimdall, His sound is in the air. Smunds Edda (Thorpes tr.). To keep this instrument, which was a symbol of the crescent moon, ever at hand, Heimdall either hung it on a branch of Yggdrasil above his head or sank it in the waters of Mimirs well. In the latter it lay side by side with Odins eye, which was an emblem of the moon at its full. Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas, by H. A. Guerber So, with this we have his Gjallarhorn with Odins Eye in the Well of Mimir..?? According to the investigations of Rydberg..Heimdall drank of Odhroerir himself.. "For its mission the child had to be equipped with strength, endurance, and wisdom. It was given to drink jardar magn, svalkaldr sr and Snar dreyri. It is necessary to compare these expressions with Urdar magn, svalkaldr sr and Snar dreyri in Gudrunarkvida in forna 21, a song written in Christian times, where this reminiscence of a triple heathen-mythic drink reappears as a potion of forgetfulness allaying sorrow. The expression Snar dreyri shows that the child had tasted liquids from the subterranean fountains which water Ygdrasil and sustain the spiritual and physical life of the universe (cp. Nos. 63 and 93). Sn contains the mead of inspiration and wisdom. In Gylfaginning, which quotes a satire of late origin, this name is given to a jar in which Suttung preserves this valuable liquor, but to the heathen skalds Sn is the name of Mimers fountain, which

contains the highest spiritual gifts, and around whose rush-bordered edge the reeds of poetry grow (Eilif Gudrunson, Skaldskaparmal). The child Heimdal has, therefore, drunk from Mimers fountain. Jardar magn (the earths strength) is in reality the same as Urdar magn, the strength of the water in Urds fountain, which keeps the world-tree ever green and sustains the physical life of creation (Vlusp.). The third subterranean fountain is Hvergelmer, with hardening liquids. From Hvergelmer comes the river Sval, and the venom-cold Elivgar (Grimners Lay, Gylfaginning). Svalkaldr sr, cool sea, is an appropriate designation of this fountain" Rydbergs Teutonic Mythology Out of Mimirs Well..