An extensive number of rock engravings were discovered on the large rock surfaces of Sotorp in Bohuslän, Sweden.
This engraving depicts a ship with 13 crew lines, two axe-carrying men with horns on their helmet and a woman bending backwards.
The men are interpreted to be fertility gods as one is holding a seal and the other is phallic. The woman bending backwards is wearing a skirt made of cords similar to that of the Egtved Girl.
Six small bronze figures were found in Grevensvænge in Denmark. One of the figures is a woman bending backwards similar to the woman from Sotorp and correspondingly two men wearing helmets and axes were also found.
The same motif has been found on several razors, however, with an addition of a woman with snakes in her hands; an image of divinity attached to the seasonal cult and the revival of life.
Height 57 cm
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