Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Niord

Niord by Debra Arnold
Niord, a photo by Debra Arnold on Flickr.

This is a wood-burning of the Norse God, Niord or Njord, the father of Freya and Freyr. The runes around himspell, "Hail Niord. God of Seafrarers. Father of Freya and Freyr. Dweller in Noatun". This is an original design, burned onto pine (the art of pyrography) and stained in wood tones.

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