A Wikimedia Commons file record, "Freyja in silver.jpg", captioned "A Viking period silver amulet of the Norse goddess Freyja found in Aska in Hagebyhoga parish, Aska hundred, Vadstena municipality, Ostergotland, Sweden," giving the Swedish caption "vikingatida silverhange forestallande den nordiska gudinnan Freja" and cataloguing the object as SHM 16429 in the Swedish History Museum's collection, independently confirming the find site, museum and the identification as Freyja stated directly rather than as a theory.
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A captioned file record on Wikimedia Commons naming the museum, accession number and figure depicted, independently corroborated by the Wikipedia article on Freyja giving the same find site and museum and the Brisingamen based reading of the necklace. Citation
PublisherWikimedia Commons
URLhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Freyja_in_silver.jpg
Source Typereference-database
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This source names Sweden directly: "Vadstena municipality, Ostergotland, Sweden," giving the Swedish caption "vikingatida silverhange forestallande den nordiska gudinnan Freja" and cataloguing the object as SHM 16429 in the Swedish..."
This source names Vadstena directly: "in Hagebyhoga parish, Aska hundred, Vadstena municipality, Ostergotland, Sweden," giving the Swedish caption "vikingatida silverhange forestallande den nordiska gudinnan Freja" and cataloguing the..."
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This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 5 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 1 claims: 1 holds.
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