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Thursday, January 7, 2010

Need Help Identifying This Image

Found at this German website: http://www.erdwerk-archaeologie.de/vortraege.html What is it (for instance, a tombstone)? Where does it come from? Provenance? How old? Are those runes carved into the serpent's back? If they are runes, can anyone read them and translate them for me? Gee, I don't want too much, do I. LOL!

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  1. The German reads:

    Mysterious runes

    Teutons and Vikings made use of the runic alphabet to hold a magical spell, vows, but also quite ordinary.

    From historical and archaeological point of view is origin, history and study of this treatise presented with examples.

    The abuses in the Third Reich and the handling of the esoteric with the runes are lit.

    ...

    Cheers from hot and sunny Brazil!

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