Abstract
There is an intriguing rock-carving place at Flyhov in the province of Västergötland, southern Sweden. The carved images appear on a series of flat rocks in connection to a number of pointed oval hollows, that are linked to each other in rows suggestive of boats joined together stem by stem. It is argued that the hollowed-out boats in the rock made this a significant place for rock-carvings. Certain phenomena of nature were ritually important during the Bronze Age, and some elements like rock and water may have had a transformative character. Metaphoric understanding of images is used to inspire interpretations of the meaning of the Bronze Age rock-carvings.
Highlights
There is an intriguing rock-carving place at Flyhov in the province of Västergötland, southern Sweden
Olof Skötkonung was baptised in Saint Sigfrid's spring near Husaby Church
If you stand in front of Saint Sigfrid's spring you are facing the southern slope of the mountain Kinnekulle
Summary
There is an intriguing rock-carving place at Flyhov in the province of Västergötland, southern Sweden. When the carving tradition started and was l i vely, the rocks looked different from the way they do today; perhaps the people during the Bronze Age did not see the unstructured jumble of images that we are trying to interpret.
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