Sunday Symbols & their Meanings
no:4 ~ PETROGLYPHS
You might have noticed this symbol on each of our bottles. This is a Petroglyph. Across southern Scandinavia, there are thousands of these Petroglyphs (rock art) that date back to the Bronze Age 04 1221 9640BCE). The most popular site being in Tanum in south west Sweden which has over 600 “panels” of stone with thousands of carvings. Thankfully in 1994, this area was named a World Heritage Area which is now protected.
PETROGLYPHS ARE ROCK ART THAT DATE BACK TO THE BRONZE AGE
The arts show many different stories from families, animals, rituals, boats, chariots, sun wheels, more boats, and of course battle amongst men.
How do we know they’re men? Well, see those phallus looking things sticking out from the waist? Yep, they’re dicks. The women are drawn with long hair as shown in the second picture on this page.
Many carvings have been repainted red to highlight the pictures, which has become a controversial topic. Their red (or whatever colours they used) are long gone due to thousands of years of weather and sun exposure, as most of these were done on flat slabs of stone out in the open.
Acid rain (yep, I know right?) has started to wear away these engravings faster than ever, so they cover them up during certain times of the year for protection.
I think this is great, as it’s vital we protect such sacred areas.
PETROGLYPHS MUST BE PROTECTED FROM ACID RAIN
The picture we have on our bottle was designed for us, in honour of these ancients arts. He’s a happy chap (you can name him) drinking a horn full of mead, a sun wheel as a belly and a phallus as long as his forearm.
Happy Sun Day ⨁
Skål.
