Image: Olaus Magnus - On the Glorious Temple Devoted to the Nordic Gods

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Description: The woodcut illustrates the temple at Old Uppsala which was devoted to the Gods of the Aesis cult. Olaus Magnus writes that it shimmers with a golden lustre. From the golden roof hangs a golden chain which is winding all around the building. To the right a spring in which a person is going to be drowned as a sacrifice.
Title: Olaus Magnus - On the Glorious Temple Devoted to the Nordic Gods
Credit: "Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus", book 3 - retrieved from Lars Henriksson's clipart collection, descriptions used with permission.
Author: Olaus Magnus
Permission: Author died more than 70 years ago - public domain
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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