File:Starkad.jpg
Summary
Part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carta_Marina" class="extiw" title="en:Carta Marina">Carta Marina</a> of 1539 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaus_Magnus" class="extiw" title="en:Olaus Magnus">Olaus Magnus</a>, depicting the location of magnetic north vaguely conceived as "INSVLA MAGNETV[M]" (Latin for "Island of Magnets") off the modern city <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murmansk" class="extiw" title="en:Murmansk">Murmansk</a>. The man character holding the rune staffs is the Norse hero <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starkad" class="extiw" title="en:Starkad">Starkad</a>. The rune staffs are inscribed "Starcaterus" (left) and "pugil Sueticus" (right) in runes. The inscription "STARCATERVS PVGIL SVETICVS" (Starcater Swedish fist fighter) is repeated in Latin characters.
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current | 02:14, 9 January 2017 | 592 × 266 (82 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carta_Marina" class="extiw" title="en:Carta Marina">Carta Marina</a> of 1539 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaus_Magnus" class="extiw" title="en:Olaus Magnus">Olaus Magnus</a>, depicting the location of magnetic north vaguely conceived as "INSVLA MAGNETV[M]" (Latin for "Island of Magnets") off the modern city <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murmansk" class="extiw" title="en:Murmansk">Murmansk</a>. The man character holding the rune staffs is the Norse hero <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starkad" class="extiw" title="en:Starkad">Starkad</a>. The rune staffs are inscribed "Starcaterus" (left) and "pugil Sueticus" (right) in runes. The inscription "STARCATERVS PVGIL SVETICVS" (Starcater Swedish fist fighter) is repeated in Latin characters. |
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