- Böksta Runestone
Runefacts|name=Böksta runestone
rundataid=U 855
country=Sweden
region=Uppland
city=Balingsta
produced=11th Century
artist= Unknown
text_native=Old Norse :Ingi... ok Iogærðr þau letu ræisa stæin þenna at Æist, sun sinn, Ærnfastr ok þæiR brøðr ræistu at bro [ður sinn] .| text_english=Ingi-... and Jógerðr, they had this stone raised in memory of Eistr, their son; Ernfastr and his brothers raised in memory of their brother.
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The Böksta runestone is arunestone located near the farm of Böksta in Balingsta betweenUppsala and Örsundsbro,Sweden . The stone is notable for its images where can be seen a man on horseback hunting amoose with two dogs and a spear. Observing the hunter is another man on skis, holding a bow and arrow, who may beUllr , the Norse god of the hunt.The figure of Ullr on the stone is in fact also an depiction of the Orion constellation.
The stars of Lepus beneath Orion are the skis of Ullr.
The major horse figure with a rider on the back is in fact an image comprised of Cassiopea (the horses head), Auriga (the horses back legs) and Perseus (as the horses front legs).
The female moose figurine under the head of the major horse figure is in fact formed from Andromeda.
The primary loop of the dragon at the bottom centre of the runestone is in fact a depiction of the loop of the stars Cetus, and the dragon is the stars adjacent to Orion and between Cetus.
The middle horse is in fact formed from stars in Pegasus and around it.
The head of the major running horse figure on the right of the stone with the flowing mane is in fact the hoop of Aquarius and the image on the head is Piscis Austinus.
The whole image is a star map of the stars at midnight in the middle of October.
The final proof is the image of the eagle outside the Rune insciption, as this figure is Aquila and represents the Eagle Vedfolnir who sits atop Yggdrasil.(1)
Yggdrasil is in fact depicted in Norse astronomy as The Milky Way.
Runes:
* inki-... [a] uk : iuker [:] þau : litu : raisa * stain : þina : a [t] * ais [t *] sun * sin : ernfastr * auk * þaiR * (b)ryþr * raist [u] * at * bru... ...ource
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Rundata (1) Freyr-Ottar, UK, 22nd August, 2008
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