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Pétur Halldoórsson
Artist and a researcher/ writer
HÁSKÓLAPRENT
Cosmic mage – Deciphering the Imagery of Icelandic Myth
Cosmic Image – deciphering the landscape in Icelandic Myth Bókin Cosmic Image, er um sólúrið sem Einar Pálsson fann á Rangárvöllum og skrifað var um í Njálssögu. Sólúrið sýndi árstíðaskipti og dagatal og markaði fornmönnum heimsmynd af tiltekinni stærð sem stikuð var við landnám. Af elstu mannvirkjum má ætla að sólúrið – heimsmyndin, sé mörg þúsund ára gömul. Í bókinni eru niðurstöður rannsókna Péturs Halldórssonar á samsvarandi heimsmyndum sem hann hefur fundið víða um heim; í Evrópu, Afríku og norður Ameríku.
Cosmic Image
– Deciphering the Landscape in Icelandic Myth
The book *Cosmic Image* concerns a sundial discovered by Einar Pálsson in the Rangárvellir region—a device also described in *Njál's Saga*. This sundial tracked the changing seasons and served as a calendar; it provided the ancients with a specific cosmological model—a framework of defined dimensions— laid out across the landscape during the Settlement era. Based on the oldest structures, this sundial—this cosmological model—is estimated to date back thousands of years.
The book presents findings from research by Pétur Halldórsson on similar cosmological models, which he has identified in various locations around the world, including Europe, Africa, and North America.
– Deciphering the Landscape in Icelandic Myth
The book *Cosmic Image* concerns a sundial discovered by Einar Pálsson in the Rangárvellir region—a device also described in *Njál's Saga*. This sundial tracked the changing seasons and served as a calendar; it provided the ancients with a specific cosmological model—a framework of defined dimensions— laid out across the landscape during the Settlement era. Based on the oldest structures, this sundial—this cosmological model—is estimated to date back thousands of years.
The book presents findings from research by Pétur Halldórsson on similar cosmological models, which he has identified in various locations around the world, including Europe, Africa, and North America.