The poll is OPEN! Which flag do you like best?
The challenge this round was:
Design a flag for a Scandinavian/Baltic nation of your choice and in the century of your choice - Pre 1900- using one of the letters of the (elder futhark) runic alphabet as the flag's primary charge/symbol.
Further information on the Runic Alphabet can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elder_Futhark
#1:
The flag of Iceland. The central circular design is based on the Ansuz rune, the 'God rune' which ITL has evolved to represent the Christian God in Scandinavia, taking the place of the cross IOTL. The blue and white represent the sea and the land respectively. The five stripes are simply echoing the central design.
#2:
The Dagaz Flag of Norway - Dagaz for Day, the light that brings life, central to the Druidic-influenced Viking mythology. Odin's Valknot reigns above all. Known in Christian lands as "the sombre flag"
#3:
The flag of Vinland that uses the 'Jera' glyph, meaning "year, good year, harvest".
#4:
Norse Viking flag: c.8th - 12th Century A.D. Called the "raido" or "voyage" flag, for the bold runic letter upon it of the same name, it symbolized Norse dominance over the high seas west to Vinland, south to England and north to Svalbard. Until the discovery of an intact raido flag in 1959 by a team of anthropologists excavating a viking settlement in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) it was believed that viking ships flew a flag with a raven on it. The raido flag also bears winged arrow in the upper right quarter upon it.
The challenge this round was:
Design a flag for a Scandinavian/Baltic nation of your choice and in the century of your choice - Pre 1900- using one of the letters of the (elder futhark) runic alphabet as the flag's primary charge/symbol.
Further information on the Runic Alphabet can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elder_Futhark
#1:
The flag of Iceland. The central circular design is based on the Ansuz rune, the 'God rune' which ITL has evolved to represent the Christian God in Scandinavia, taking the place of the cross IOTL. The blue and white represent the sea and the land respectively. The five stripes are simply echoing the central design.
#2:
The Dagaz Flag of Norway - Dagaz for Day, the light that brings life, central to the Druidic-influenced Viking mythology. Odin's Valknot reigns above all. Known in Christian lands as "the sombre flag"
#3:
The flag of Vinland that uses the 'Jera' glyph, meaning "year, good year, harvest".
#4:
Norse Viking flag: c.8th - 12th Century A.D. Called the "raido" or "voyage" flag, for the bold runic letter upon it of the same name, it symbolized Norse dominance over the high seas west to Vinland, south to England and north to Svalbard. Until the discovery of an intact raido flag in 1959 by a team of anthropologists excavating a viking settlement in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) it was believed that viking ships flew a flag with a raven on it. The raido flag also bears winged arrow in the upper right quarter upon it.
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