Trundholm Chariot

The Trundholm sun chariot was found in a drained bog in Trundholm Mose in northwestern Zealand, Denmark. It was made in the Early Bronze Age around 1400 BC and is a masterpiece of Bronze Age metalworking. It depicts the sun drawn on its daily journey by a divine horse. The myth of the journey of the sun across the sky was an important element of Bronze Age cosmology, in which the framework of existence was an eternal cycle with its constant alternation of light and darkness. On its journey the sun was also transported by the Sun Ship along with other mythological helpers of the sun – fish, snakes and aquatic birds – as the sun was pulled through the water at night and in the heavens by day.

Reading

The Sun Chariot: http://natmus.dk/en/historisk-viden/danmark/prehistoric-time-till-1050ad/the-bronze-age/the-sun-chariot/   Watch the video and look at the object close up.

Kaul, F. 1998. Ships on Bronzes. A Study in Bronze Age Religion and Iconography. Copenhagen: National Museum.