Scottish Late Medieval 'Claidheamh - mor' Swords

fernando · 26th October 2011, 08:10 PM

Sorry if i divert a little, Michl, but i know you don’t dislike these historical things

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Do i find some similitary between the marks already posted here and those used by the fishermen of my home town?
… Said to have probably been influenced by the local Viking colonization (IX-X) century, among other less solid theories, these marks represented the "coat of arms" of each family, used to mark all their property and also their presence in places of religious cult, in the interior and along the coast, during their pilgrimages.
It has been established by local ethnologists that this system of house marks was also used in Scandinavia ( bomärken) and correspondence can be found with Nordic runas.

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26th October 2011, 08:10 PM	#8
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Sorry if i divert a little, Michl, but i know you don’t dislike these historical things . Do i find some similitary between the marks already posted here and those used by the fishermen of my home town? … Said to have probably been influenced by the local Viking colonization (IX-X) century, among other less solid theories, these marks represented the "coat of arms" of each family, used to mark all their property and also their presence in places of religious cult, in the interior and along the coast, during their pilgrimages. It has been established by local ethnologists that this system of house marks was also used in Scandinavia ( bomärken) and correspondence can be found with Nordic runas. . Attached Images