The Heggen Weather Vane

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Illustration

Irina-Maria Manea
by Kulturhistorisk museum
published on 05 January 2022
The Heggen Weather Vane Download Full Size Image

This wind vane (Old Norse veðrviti) glittered at the prow of a longship in the 11th century. Such vanes are very decorative - here a motif of the great beast - and mark of high status in the Viking Age and Early Middle Ages, not only simple indicators of the wind's direction. It was repurposed as a weather vane on the spire of the Heggen church, Norway.

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museum, K. (2022, January 05). The Heggen Weather Vane. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15085/the-heggen-weather-vane/

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