Iron Age poetry in motion

December 12, 2015 11:54 AM

Animation of the warrior plate of the Gundestrup Cauldron, the largest surviving example of European Iron Age silver work.
posted by immlass (8 comments total)

The old religions were the best religions: death is getting dipped in a magical cauldron to be reborn, gilded, to ride horseback into the sun. Plus, boar helmets.
posted by steef at 1:51 PM on December 12, 2015 [4 favorites]

It's like a Terry Gilliam Monty Python animation, with fewer "Phbbbbttt!" noises.
posted by jazon at 2:38 PM on December 12, 2015 [1 favorite]

It's at this cold, dark seaon that I think it's particularly important that we gather the people we love around us, whether they be family or friends, and reflect on the events of the past year; and to remember that Woden the Allfather is waiting for us in his mead-hall, where we will feast for eternity, and where he will arm us and lead us in the great battle at the end of the world.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 2:51 PM on December 12, 2015 [4 favorites]

Helpless giggling at the animation. So wonderful.

This is the most fun I have ever had looking at someone's first attempt at After Effects. The sounds make it, really.
posted by egypturnash at 2:54 PM on December 12, 2015 [1 favorite]

Wow, the iron age was so metal!
posted by droro at 4:46 PM on December 12, 2015

Wow, the iron age was so metal!

Gundestrup.
posted by Benway at 5:38 PM on December 12, 2015

I saw this at the British Museum Celts exhibition, it's really impressive.

The Wikipedia page has a lot of theories, some more plausible than others, about the imagery. But the BM emphasised that there are no written records by or about most of the cultures bracketed as "Celts". These are essentially unknown stories about unknown and unnamed gods.
posted by TheophileEscargot at 2:48 AM on December 13, 2015

A small delight. Thanks, immlass!
posted by MonkeyToes at 7:57 AM on December 13, 2015