Themes in Old Norse Mythological Art
Odin Enthroned


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Snorri's Edda, Gylfaginning 17: And there is a great dwelling called Valaskjalf, which belongs to Odin. The gods made it and thatched it with, sheer silver. In this hall is the high-seat, which is called Hlidskjalf, and when Alfather sits in this seat, he sees over all the world.
 


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Odin in Hlidskjalf
Lejre, Denmark

 

1780 Joannes Wiedewelt


   


1784 Peter Kramer


   

Odin (Center)
1810  Di Dei Della Mitologia Norrena
 


Odin with Mimir's Head (Top Center)
1822 N.H. Sjöberg

    



1828 H.E. Freund


 

1831 Gustav Thormod Legis
 


  

1832 Amelia Schoppe





The Death of Balder
1840 Christoffer Eckerberg





Design Sketch


Design Sketch

1845 Lorenz Frølich





  

1845 Ortega



The Gods of Uppsala: Freyr, Odin and Thor
1848 Wilhelm Kaulbach 
 


Photo 1928

After Restoration 2002
1852 Gustav Heidenreich
Wall Fresco, Neues Museum Berlin
Heavily Damaged in WWII


 

  
1850s Constantin Hansen






1858 August Winter


 

1865 Ludwig Pietsch

 
  


1880 Ludwig Pietsch



1881 Sir Edward Cooley Burne-Jones
Stained Glass Window Design


 

1882 Karl Ehrenberg
 


1884 Joahnnes Gehrts


The Death of Baldur
1887 Carl Emil Doepler, Sr.


Vidar, Odin and Frigg
1887 Carl Emil Doepler, Sr.
  



Odin Enthroned
1888 F. W. Engelhard




1894 Annie Klingensmith



1897 Gerhard Munthe
Illustrations for Heimskringla




Odin Listens to Mimir's Head
1885 Lorenz Frølich



Odin and the Ravens
1885 Lorenz Frølich


  

The Ring Draupnir
1885 Lorenz Frølich


1900 Sarah Bradish
(After Johann Gehrts)

 

Colorized



1900 H. Tilcher

 


1900 Mary Litchfield
   

1901 Rudolf Maison



 


1901 H.L.M.
Author: Mary H. Foster and Mabel H. Cummings

   


1901 Carla Wenckebach
 


1905 Carl Emil Doepler, Jr.
 

 

1908 Patten Wilson


1908 V. A.
Author: Kata Dahlström


 
 
1912 Herring & Snodgrass
   
   

1914 S. R. 
Author:  Samuel Fallows & Henry W. Ruoff

 
Frigg and Odin on Hlidskjalf
1920 Harry Theaker
 

Balder Dead
1920 Franz Stassen



1930 Louis Moe


 

1968 Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire
  
   

1980s Marvel Comics

 


Frank Frazetta


2005 Ernie Chan
     

2014 Howard David Johnson
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2015 Howard David Johnson
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One Eye in the Sky
Artists Unknown
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