Editing Runestone (section)

===Norse myths===
[[File:Fenris Ledbergsstenen 20041231.jpg|upright|thumb|[[Odin]] attacked by [[Fenrir]] on the [[Ledberg stone]], Sweden]]
The Norse god who was most popular was [[Thor]],<ref name="Jansson149">Jansson 1987:149</ref> and the [[Altuna Runestone]] in [[Uppland]] shows Thor's fishing expedition when he tried to capture the [[Jörmungandr|Midgard Serpent]].<ref name="Jansson150">Jansson 1987:150</ref> Two centuries later, the Icelander [[Snorri Sturluson]] would write: "The Midgarth Serpent bit at the ox-head and the hook caught in the roof of its mouth. When it felt that, it started so violently that both Thor's fists went smack against the gunwale. Then Thor got angry, assumed all his godly strength, and dug his heels so sturdily that his feet went right through the bottom of the boat and he braced them on the sea bed." (Jansson's translation).<ref name="Jansson151ff">Jansson 1987:151ff</ref> The Altuna Runestone has also included the foot that went through the planks.<ref name="Jansson152">Jansson 1987:152</ref>

It appears that [[Ragnarök]] is depicted on the [[Ledberg stone]] in [[Östergötland]]. On one of its sides it shows a large warrior with a helmet, and who is bitten at his feet by a beast. This beast is, it is presumed, [[Fenrir]], the brother of the Midgard Serpent, and who is attacking [[Odin]]. On the bottom of the illustration, there is a prostrate man who is holding out his hands and who has no legs. There is a close parallel from an illustration at Kirk Andreas on the Isle of Man. The Manx illustration shows Odin with a spear and with [[Hugin and Munin|one of his ravens]] on his shoulders, and Odin is attacked in the same way as he is on the Ledberg stone. Adding to the stone's spiritual content is a magic formula that was known all across the world of the pagan Norsemen.<ref name="Jansson152"/>

On one of the stones from the [[Hunnestad Monument]] in [[Scania]], there is an image of a woman riding a wolf using snakes as reins. The stone may be an illustration of the giantess [[Hyrrokin]] ("fire-wrinkled"), who was summoned by the gods to help launch [[Baldr]]'s funeral ship ''[[Hringhorni]]'', which was too heavy for them. It was the [[warg|same kind of wolf]] that is referred to as the "Valkyrie horse" on the [[Rök runestone]].<ref name="Jansson152"/>