Totems, Birka, Bjorko island, Sweden
Sanctuary, where offerings of food and blood were given to the gods, with carved wooden totems of Odin and his wife Frigg, at Birka Viking village, reconstructed on the site of Birka, founded c. 750 and abandoned c. 975, on Bjorko island in Lake Malaren, Sweden. Birka was a Viking trading post housing up to 1, 000 people and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14079192
Media ID
46172921
Size
8268px x 6100px
(27.7MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
