<bron121.htm>     [Bronze Age Text]

 

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          His hammer, Mjolnir, and his giant glove, Glofi, increased the power of Thunor over the serpents of Midgard.  This inscription, lying ca. 9 ft. SW of the main sun-god figure at Peterborough, Ontario, depicts the god strangling the serpents.

 

          The text reads: 

M-L-N-R GH-L-F W M-K R-M R-T-T =

 

Old Norse Mjolnir, Glofi, ve maki orm rittit =

 

"The hammer Mjolnir, and the glove Glofi; woe is their  

power to the serpent, writhing."  (Fell 1982).

 

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