animal heads are what you call for animal heads on the wall.
animal heads are what you call for animal heads on the wall.
what do you call animal heads on the wall?
animal heads
the abingdon sword has silver mounts inlaid with niello in the trewhiddle style. the sword's guard has interlaced animal motifs. ornamentation includes symbols of the evangelists. the pommel of the sword has two animal heads for decoration.









































a reproduction of the abingdon sword has been on display at abingdon county hall museum since it reopened in 2012.









































the style of the guards and pommel also suggest the sword dates from the late ninth to tenth century.









































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the abingdon sword
a pair of identical germanic iron age bird-shaped brooches from bejsebakke in northern denmark may be depictions of huginn and muninn. the back of each bird features a mask motif, and the feet of the birds are shaped like the heads of animals. the feathers of the birds are also composed of animal heads. together, the animal heads on the feathers form a mask on the back of the bird. the birds have powerful beaks and fan-shaped tails, indicating that they are ravens. the brooches were intended to be worn on each shoulder, after germanic iron age fashion. archaeologist peter vang petersen comments that while the symbolism of the brooches is open to debate, the shape of the beaks and tail feathers confirm that the brooch depictions are ravens. petersen notes that "raven-shaped ornaments worn as a pair, after the fashion of the day, one on each shoulder, makes one's thoughts turn towards odin's ravens and the cult of odin in the germanic iron age." petersen says that odin is associated with disguise and that the masks on the ravens may be portraits of odin.
huginn and muninn