Fig. 687.—Stirrup of iron inlaid with silver. ⅓ real size. Viborg, Jutland. In a grave with other riding gear. ] [Illustration: Fig. 688.—Iron stirrup. 2/9 real size. Norway. ] [Illustration: Fig. 689.—Iron stirrup, found in the upper part of a large round mound, with two double-edged swords bent in two, three spear-heads, five horses’ bits, a pair of shears, pincers, two bronze fibulæ, horses’ teeth, burnt bones, &c. 2/9 real size. Norway. ] [Illustration: Fig. 690.—Iron stirrup. 2/9 real size. Norway. ] [Illustration: Fig. 691.—Gold spur, ⅔ real size; weight, 9 ozs. Smaalenenes, Norway; earlier iron age. ] [Illustration: Fig. 692. ] [Illustration: Full view. Fig. 693. Ornaments of above spurs, real size; weight, 1⅙ ozs.; the point of iron missing; traces of the rust still seen. Smaalenenes, Norway. ] [Illustration: Fig. 694.—Bridle and bit in bronze, Småland. Collection of Count G. Essen. ⅕ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 695. ] [Illustration: Fig. 696.—Spur of iron, ⅓ real size. Found in a large heap of stones of oblong shape, with a spear-head of iron, a double-edged sword, &c. ] [Illustration: Fig. 697.—Spur of iron, real size, found in a paved circle, with burnt bones, two spear-points, &c. Norway. ] [Illustration: Fig. 698.—Spur of bronze. Öland. Real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 699.—Spur of bronze, real size, found in mound, with another spur quite similar, a bronze kettle, a bent double-edged sword, a spear-head spoiled intentionally, &c. Norway. ] Waggons are seldom mentioned in the Sagas, and no description of their appearance is given; but we learn that dead warriors were sometimes put in them and burned on the pyre, and the correctness of this statement is proved by the finds in various graves, among others in one at Broholm, Fyén, where fragments of a waggon have been found together with burnt bones, a large kettle, several iron swords, shield bosses, gold jewels, &c., &c. But though remains of waggons have been found, it was not till the discovery in the bog of Deibjerg, Ringkjöbing in the North of Jutland, that we obtained a knowledge of their shape and of the splendour of their ornamentation. [Illustration: Fig. 700. ] [Illustration: Fig. 701. ] [Illustration: Fig. 702. ] [Illustration: Fig. 703. Parts of perch of waggon with symbolic signs, Denmark. ] [Illustration: Fig. 704. ] [Illustration: Fig. 705. ] [Illustration: Fig. 706. Parts of sides of different waggon; with symbolic signs. Denmark. ¼ real size. ]