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    The Gosforth Cross is a large stone monument in St Mary's churchyard at Gosforth in the English county of Cumbria, dating to the first half of the 10th...
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    have led to the cross as being described as "syncretic art"; a mixture of pagan and Christian beliefs. The mid-11th century Gosforth Cross, located in Cumbria...
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    elements have led to the cross as being described as "syncretic art," a mixture of pagan and Christian beliefs. The Gosforth Cross (920–950), in Cumbria...
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    be depicted on the Snaptun Stone, the Kirkby Stephen Stone and the Gosforth Cross. Scholars have debated Loki's origins and role in Norse mythology, which...
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    Snorri Sturluson, and is interpreted as depicted with Fenrir on the Gosforth Cross. A number of theories surround the figure, including theories around...
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    her status as a goddess is mentioned twice. Sigyn may appear on the Gosforth Cross and has been the subject of an amount of theory and cultural references...
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    This can be seen in carved stone monuments and ring-headed crosses, such as the Gosforth Cross. During the ninth and tenth centuries, there was an increase...
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    is a depiction of Heimdallr with Gjallarhorn. A 9th or 10th century Gosforth Cross in Cumbria, England depicts a figure holding a horn and a sword standing...
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    Hørdum stone in Denmark, and a stone slab at Gosforth, Cumbria by the same sculptor as the Gosforth Cross. Many of these depictions show the giant cutting...
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  • Middle Age Celtic crosses in Great Britain St. Martin's Cross, Iona, Scotland Gosforth Cross, Gosforth, England St Columba’s Cross, St Columb Major, Cornwall...
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    bedding down. The Gosforth Cross, a very rare almost-complete cross in England, is an example. By the 10th century such Anglo-Norse crosses were the bulk...
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    image stone, the Hørdum stone, and the Gosforth Cross. A stone slab that may be a portion of a second cross at Gosforth also shows a fishing scene using an...
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    at Seascale. Gosforth contains a unique collection of Norse artefacts in and around St. Mary's Church. This includes the Gosforth cross, which is the...
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    Cross – south and east faces The Ruthwell Cross, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland The Gosforth Cross, Cumbria Irton Cross, Cumbria 8th-century cross at...
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    cross from the Isle of Man. Some scholars have theorized that this figure is a depiction of Heimdall with Gjallarhorn. A 9th or 10th century Gosforth...
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    Thy, Denmark, the Altuna Runestone in Altuna, Sweden and the Gosforth Cross in Gosforth, England. Sune Lindqvist argued in the 1930s that the image stone...
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    early 9th century, it lies chronologically between the Bewcastle Cross and the Gosforth cross and has greater affinity with the earlier Anglo-Roman style of...
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    Massacre of Glencoe Monument (category Celtic crosses)
    granite Celtic cross soars up from a rugged cairn above the river in Upper Carnoch. Its design is based on the elaborate Gosforth Cross. An annual wreath-laying...
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    St Mary's Church in the village of Gosforth, Cumbria, England, is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Calder, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland...
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    wolf-monster Fenrir, slain by Vidar, who is used as a symbol of Christ on the Gosforth Cross and other pieces of Anglo-Scandinavian art. In the assimilation of Christianised...
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    of the crosses and hogback sculpture (to be found almost wholly in south Cumbria, away from the Strathclyde area), such as the Gosforth Cross and the...
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    William Slater Calverley (category High crosses)
    produced in intricate detail a life-sized reproduction of the famous Gosforth Cross, which now stands in Aspatria churchyard. William Slater Calverley (1847–1898)...
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    identified on a number of stone carvings from the period, such as the Gosforth Cross, which included images of Ragnarök. The English church found that it...
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    Fenrir - wolf and enemy of Odin , Gosforth Cross...
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    An image on the Gosforth Cross (10th century), possibly showing the god Víðarr's battle with the wolf Fenrir at Ragnarök...
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  • image stone, the Hørdum stone, and the Gosforth Cross. A stone slab that may be a portion of a second cross at Gosforth also shows a fishing scene using an...
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    Easby Cross in the Victoria and Albert Museum, with Bewcastle and Ruthwell the best preserved Northumbrian cross Anglo-Saxon art Gosforth Cross Nikolaus...
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  • highest division of rugby union. The club was established in 1877 as the Gosforth Football Club. Around 1882 the club merged with the Northumberland Football...
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    of the crosses and hogback sculpture (to be found almost wholly in south Cumbria, away from the Strathclyde area), such as the Gosforth Cross and the...
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    A decorative use on the Gosforth Cross, from the 10th century AD...
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