Sunna, Saxon Deity by Tony Reid

Please explain the title.

Cheers, Jan

A rather strange finding in the middle of England :) Fai

It reminds me of a Buddhism statue. Greetings from Japan. Keno

Great Shot Tony, cheers, tiopepe8

There are seven Saxon Deities at Stowe Gardens.

The Deities give their names to the days of the week: Sunna (Sunday), Mona (Monday), Tiw (Tueday), Woden (Wednesday), Thor (Thursday), Friga (Friday), and Seatern (Saturday).

Sunna and Mona represent the sun and the moon; Seatern (Saetern) the anglicized name of the Italian harvest god.

In Norse mythology, Woden or Odin is the sky god, patron of culture, and the inventor of runes. Friga is his wife, queen of the gods and the goddess of married love; she is thought to have become assimilated with Freya, another wife of Odin and goddess of love, beauty, and fertility.

Thor, a son of Odin, is the god of thunder, famed for his hammer -- the thunderbolt -- which always returned to him after being hurled as a weapon.

Tiw, or Tyr, another son of Odin, is the Norse god of war.

Tony

oh hello Tony I for sure feel at home here! ;) Great finding.. Cheers, Peter

Oh! That's interesting!! Thank you for your explanation. (˚-^)

Greetings, Keno

WOW! Somebody get that bloke a BEER!

he looks like he's been there a while,

with his stony stare at who-ever's close

I cannot help but write like this,....in prose.

Mike

Cool pic Tony, thanks for the chance to brush up on ancient mythology! (and Sue reckons you're a great tech. guy too!)

Hello Peter from Denmark. Good to see you again. Maybe these are ancestors of yours??

keno- No worries, mate. Glad you found it interesting.

Geordie Mike - I think sunna is frozen solid after over 250 years of sitting on that plinth. Might take more than a pint to thaw him out.

Cheers, Tony

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Tony....the Beer was for you!, the statue is inanimate and therefore unable to swallow a beer! Keep taking the tablets.....

Mike yer marra in GEORDIELAND!

Mike - This shot was taken on Boxing Day. After the walk, I drove the family back home, where a couple of post-Christmas drinks were enjoyed.

=)

Cheers, Tony

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Great Shot Tony, cheers Ela

Thanks for your compliment, Ela. Do come by again soon.

Cheers, Tony

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