ArtAntara

Uppsala
oil / canvas
100 x 100 cm

Please click on the painting for a detail view.

the blood for my owl remains
how it flows
as if to reassure
my existence

Adam of Bremen refers in Gesta hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum (around 1075) to a feast that was held every nine years and at which nine of each male being and creature were sacrificed. The blood of the victims was used to grease the statues of the gods, and the sacrificed men and animals were hanged in a sacred grove where they decayed. In addition he tells about an evergreen tree, of a well at which sacrifices were taking place etc. There are numerous supporting documents and objects for the act of hanging victims on trees - for example a part of the Oseberg tapestry (around 900) showing trees with hanging bodies.










Uppsala oil / canvas 100 x 100 cm Please click on the painting for a detail view. the blood for my owl remains how it flows as if to reassure my existence Adam of Bremen refers in *Gesta hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum* (around 1075) to a feast that was held every nine years and at which nine of each male being and creature were sacrificed. The blood of the victims was used to grease the statues of the gods, and the sacrificed men and animals were hanged in a sacred grove where they decayed. In addition he tells about an evergreen tree, of a well at which sacrifices were taking place etc. There are numerous supporting documents and objects for the act of hanging victims on trees - for example a part of the Oseberg tapestry (around 900) showing trees with hanging bodies.