Broddenbjerg idol

[3][4][5] It is made of an oak branch which was undoubtedly chosen for its shape and is approximately 88 cm (35 in) high,[6] with no arms, two legs formed by the natural branches, and an erect penis approximately 28 cm (11 in) long, the head of which has been marked off by scoring.

[2] One leg is broken off; the other is tapered, so that the figure would presumably have been placed upright in the marshy ground.

[3] The right eye is much more fully indicated than the left, which is only a line; several other such carved figures also have asymmetrical faces.

[1][2] It is one of the best known from Denmark of a group of presumed cult images that have been found mainly in wetlands and peat bogs throughout northern and central Europe.

[4] An altar-like arrangement with stones for grinding corn and clay vessels which may have contained food for offerings were found beside it.