Thorskegga has started a series of paintings depicting the gods worshipped by the Anglo-Saxon and Norse settlers in England.
Lofn is a goddess of love recorded in the Eddas. She specialises in difficult love affairs and is credited with bringing seperated lovers together.
She is shown here a couple blighted by the class divide, with the tokens of the seperated lovers, the broken tablet and willow leaves. Wearing willow is a common theme of English love songs.
The illustration behind is an Anglised version of the Chinese willow pattern design. In the Chinses story the outraged father chases the lovers over a bridge threatening to kill them, the gods turn them into birds so that they can live together.
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