Photo: Gloucester Cathedral
Crypt Capital: Odin?
|
Sacred Destinations Home About Contact Using Images Advertise Blog Twitter Privacy Policy
Stock photos of religious art and architecture for licensing: Art History Images
Except where indicated otherwise, all content and images © 2005-11 Sacred Destinations. All rights reserved.
Sacred Destinations is an online travel guide to sacred sites, pilgrimages, holy places, religious history, sacred places, historical religious sites, archaeological sites,
religious festivals, sacred sites, spiritual retreats, religious travel and spiritual journeys.
Free content for your Google homepage or website! Get the Sacred Destinations Daily Photo Gadget
Travel resources: Spiritual Tour Directory, Sightseeing Tours, Hotels, Travel Insurance
Popular categories: Biblical Sites, Cathedrals, Catholic Shrines, Footsteps of Jesus, Luther Sites, Megalithic Mysteries
Popular sacred sites: Easter Island, Lourdes, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Oberammergau Passion Play, Shroud of Turin, Sistine Chapel, St. Mark's Basilica, St. Peter's Basilica, Stonehenge
Popular city guides: Rome, Ravenna, Ephesus, Assisi, Paris, Jerusalem
Popular maps: England Map, Italy Map, Jerusalem Map, London Map, Paris Map, Rome Map
Carved capital in the Romanesque crypt (1087) of Gloucester Cathedral. Most of the crypt capitals have a simple stiff-leaf motif, but this interesting one depicts a man's face with large eyes and a very long mustache. His identity is unknown, but similar figures can be seen throughout northern Europe. One theory is that he is the old Viking god Odin, carved to hedge bets in case the old gods should turn out to be the true ones.
Date: 10/15/07 1:43 PM
File name: d-4484p.jpg
Travel Resources