Thorskegga has started a series of paintings depicting the gods worshipped by the Anglo-Saxon and Norse settlers in England. The mucky brown colour is gold on the original but our scanner can't cope with it. Black and white versions of these pictures have been used for the covers of Thunder and the Wain.
For an explanation of the symbolism: The horses at the top are copied from a lost hill figure, the Red Horse of Tysoe, which is often linked to the cult of Tyr. The wolf refers to the Norse myth in which Tyr sacrifices his right hand in order that Fenris the sky wolf can be bound, thus the god is left handed. The cauldren is from the Norse myth of the giant Hymir which is possibly an old myth of Tyr which has been reapplied to Thor. It has been suggested the Anglo-Saxon star name 'irmin' and the Germanic world pillar 'irminsul' are derived from one of Tyr's names. The 't' rune is named after Tyr.
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