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THE THUNDERWEAPON
74. Pierced stone axe (lost in 1859 at the destruction by
fire of Frederiksborg Castle); on the side four runes were
carved: depicted in Mdmoires des antiquaires du Nord, 1850-60,
p. 28; Montelius, in Sveriges forntid, p. 159, rightly doubts its
genuineness.
75. Fragment of a battle axe with runes, said to have been
found in Kirke-Hvalso, district of Copenhagen: depicted in
Cartailhac, L'&ge depierre, p. 34, fig. 19. The runes have no
doubt been engraved in quite modern times.
76. Axe with runes (?), said to have been found in the
parish of Jellinge, district of Vejle: depicted in CARTAILHAC,
L’age de pierre, p. 35, fig. 20. The “runes” are probably of
modern date.
Echinites in Danish Finds belonging to the Early Ages.
77. Echinites have possibly been found with antiquities
before, but as they frequently occur in natural deposits throughout
the country, no importance has been attached to this fact.
During the excavations carried on under the auspices of the
National Museum in recent years, echinites have several times
been found in positions which can hardly be altogether accidental.
Over the middle of a sunken grave of the bronze age in a mound
near Sbnder Omme (district of Vejle), which was excavated in
1909, an echinite was found in a position which suggested that
it had originally been placed on the heap of stones that covered
the grave. In a deposit from the later bronze age near Voldtofte
in Funen a couple of echinites were found. Two more were
found in 1907 on the western part of the site of a house of the
pre-Roman iron age, near Kraghede, district of Hjorring. They
lay close together in the actual deposit containing the antiquities
and the remains of the house which had been destroyed by fire.
Thus they would seem to have been placed (as thunderstones)
in the house, or possibly under the roof; a similar explanation
may account for the above mentioned echinites from Voldtofte.
78. In some Danish finds of the earliest centuries A.D. we
have echinites furnished with a metal loop for use as amulets.
Most probably they have been look.ed upon as thunderstones: see
THE THUNDERWEAPON
74. Pierced stone axe (lost in 1859 at the destruction by
fire of Frederiksborg Castle); on the side four runes were
carved: depicted in Mdmoires des antiquaires du Nord, 1850-60,
p. 28; Montelius, in Sveriges forntid, p. 159, rightly doubts its
genuineness.
75. Fragment of a battle axe with runes, said to have been
found in Kirke-Hvalso, district of Copenhagen: depicted in
Cartailhac, L'&ge depierre, p. 34, fig. 19. The runes have no
doubt been engraved in quite modern times.
76. Axe with runes (?), said to have been found in the
parish of Jellinge, district of Vejle: depicted in CARTAILHAC,
L’age de pierre, p. 35, fig. 20. The “runes” are probably of
modern date.
Echinites in Danish Finds belonging to the Early Ages.
77. Echinites have possibly been found with antiquities
before, but as they frequently occur in natural deposits throughout
the country, no importance has been attached to this fact.
During the excavations carried on under the auspices of the
National Museum in recent years, echinites have several times
been found in positions which can hardly be altogether accidental.
Over the middle of a sunken grave of the bronze age in a mound
near Sbnder Omme (district of Vejle), which was excavated in
1909, an echinite was found in a position which suggested that
it had originally been placed on the heap of stones that covered
the grave. In a deposit from the later bronze age near Voldtofte
in Funen a couple of echinites were found. Two more were
found in 1907 on the western part of the site of a house of the
pre-Roman iron age, near Kraghede, district of Hjorring. They
lay close together in the actual deposit containing the antiquities
and the remains of the house which had been destroyed by fire.
Thus they would seem to have been placed (as thunderstones)
in the house, or possibly under the roof; a similar explanation
may account for the above mentioned echinites from Voldtofte.
78. In some Danish finds of the earliest centuries A.D. we
have echinites furnished with a metal loop for use as amulets.
Most probably they have been look.ed upon as thunderstones: see