Galloway Hoard Bossed Quatrefoil Hunting Scene Brooch venus of the ‘elder divinity’ and

of the ‘elder divinity’ and the old ‘spirit of the wild’ has lingered through to the present

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the creation of amulets and sigils

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It is at work in the poems of John Clare

Galloway Hoard Bossed Quatrefoil Hunting Scene Brooch venus of the ‘elder divinity’ andThis quatrefoil (four lobed) brooch from the Galloway hoard is chased and engraved with four faces arranged around the center. Two appear to be blowing hunting horns, while the other two, with their floppy ears, could be hunting hounds. The brooch is further decorated with five domed bosses arranged in a cross pattern. It is very similar in design to the Galloway hoard Bossed Quatrefoil Faces Brooch, also from the hoard, and the two may have been worn