File:Odin bältespänne Finnestorp Västergötland.jpg

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English: A golden Migration period fibula from around 500 AD showing Odin's face surrounded by his two ravens Hugin and Munin. The fibula was found at an excavation of the Finnestorp sacrificial bog where the brook Katebrobäcken joins the river Lidan. The sacrificial place is situated on the border between the parishes Larv and Trävattna, the hundreds Laske and Vilske, and the municipalities Vara and Falköping, in the middle of Västergötland in Sweden.
Svenska: Detta förgylllda, folkvandringstida bältespänne från ca 500 e.Kr. visar Odens ansikte omgivet av hans två korpar Hugin och Munin. Spännet är funnet vid utgrävning av offermossen Finnestorp där Katebrobäcken rinner ut i ån Lidan. Offerplatsen ligger på gränsen mellan Larv och Trävattna socknar, Laske och Vilske härader och Vara och Falköpings kommuner i Västergötland. RAÄ-nummer Larv 121:1 och Trävattna 10:1. Fotot taget på Falbygdens museum i den tillfälliga utställningen Drakskatten från Finnestorp. Foto av Gunnar Creutz.
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