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title: The Jelling Stone's Great Beast (Mammen Style)
author: Stefan Bollmann
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9348/the-jelling-stones-great-beast-mammen-style/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: GNU Free Documentation License (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.en.html)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# The Jelling Stone's Great Beast (Mammen Style)

_Authored by Stefan Bollmann_

## Image File

[![The Jelling Stone's Great Beast (Mammen Style)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/9348.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/9348.jpg)

## Image Caption

Image showing one face of the [Viking Age](https://www.worldhistory.org/collection/29/the-viking-age/) Jelling stone (standing at Jelling, Denmark) dating to c. 970 CE. The stone's three sides are covered, on one side with an inscription and on its other two with large pictures of Christ and a great beast, respectively. The ornamental style of the stone is the so-called Mammen style.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Bollmann, S. (2018, October 18). The Jelling Stone's Great Beast (Mammen Style). *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9348/the-jelling-stones-great-beast-mammen-style/>
### Chicago
Bollmann, Stefan. "The Jelling Stone's Great Beast (Mammen Style)." *World History Encyclopedia*, October 18, 2018. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9348/the-jelling-stones-great-beast-mammen-style/>.
### MLA
Bollmann, Stefan. "The Jelling Stone's Great Beast (Mammen Style)." *World History Encyclopedia*, 18 Oct 2018, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9348/the-jelling-stones-great-beast-mammen-style/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jelling-grosses-tier.gif) by [**Stefan Bollmann**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jelling-grosses-tier.gif). Submitted by [Emma Groeneveld](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/emmagroeneveld1/ "User Page: Emma Groeneveld"), published on 18 October 2018. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [GNU Free Documentation License](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.en.html). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.