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==Visual depictions== [[File:Gosforth Cross monsters.jpg|thumb|The [[Gosforth Cross]] panel often held to depict Heimdall with Gjallarhorn]] A figure holding a large horn to his lips and clasping a sword on his hip appears on a stone cross from the [[Isle of Man]]. Some scholars have theorized that this figure is a depiction of Heimdall with Gjallarhorn.<ref name="LINDOW168">Lindow (2002:168).</ref> A 9th or 10th century [[Gosforth Cross]] in [[Cumbria]], [[England]] depicts a figure holding a horn and a sword standing defiantly before two open-mouthed beasts. This figure has been often theorized as depicting Heimdall with Gjallarhorn.<ref name="BAILEY96">Bailey (1996:86β90).</ref>
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