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∙ 13y agoWas the Tollund Man a criminal? Was he hanged in order to get rid of him? Or was he a sacrifice to a god you wanted to stay on good terms with?
We have no written records from the time period when the Tollund Man was alive in Denmark, but around the same time in the Roman Empire in Italy there were people who could read and write. One of them was Cornelius Tacitus who wrote down the accounts he heard from people who went to Northern Europe to trade goods. The traders told him about the wild tribes - which is how the Romans regarded them - who lived up north.
Among other things Tacitus wrote: "They hang traitors and renegades in trees, cowards (yellow), combat evaders (afraid to go to war) and unnaturally imp
oral people they lower into filthy swamps and cover them with branches". Another account written down by Tacitus describes how a Germanic tribe, the Semnonans (from the northern part of Germany), sacrificed human beings.
Both accounts apparently apply to the Tollund Man and many of the other bog bodies. However, Tacitus wrote down the accounts approximately 400 years after the Tollund Man had died. If any of the information Tacitus provides us with is true in regards to the Tollund Man then it is probably the second of the two accounts. Because one thing is certain - the people who hanged the Tollund Man were not on bad terms with him - despite the fact that they actually hanged him! It is impossible to imagine that they would have carried him to the bog and carefully placed him in the sleeping position in which he was found, if they had regarded him as a criminal.
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∙ 7y agoHe lived during the 4th century BC, and was exhumed from a peat bog 2100 years after he died, in 1834.
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∙ 6y agoAs a sacrifice.
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∙ 14y agoHe was 40
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Where was the tollund man found?
in a peat bog in Denmark
Where did tollund man's death take place?
The Tollund Man was found in a peat bog on the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark.
Did the tollund man have a neck ring?
It is believed he did but no one can be sure. it is a story that the neck ring was a present to the goddess of spring
What was found on the tollund man?
The Tollund Man is the unusually well-preserved body of an adult male who was about 30-40 years old when he died around 300 BC. He was found in a peat bog near Silkeborg, Denmark in 1950. Although blackened by the peat, much of his external skin and especially his face was preserved, along with his bones. The internal organs had desiccated but the stomach contents could be examined. The left side of his body showed more decomposition than the right side. He was 161 cm tall (5 ft 3 in) when he was discovered. Only his head was able to be kept from disintegration after removal from the bog, and it was subsequently attached to a replica of the body.
Why did they kill the tollund man?
Maybe he was a traitor and then they hung him on a tree branch - or he could of been a coward and drowned in a fen/swamp under piles of sticks.
Why was he called the tollund man?
The Tollund Man was found in Tollund Bog in Denmark. That's why he is referred to as the Tollund Man.
When did the Tollund man die?
The Tollund Man died approximately 2000 years ago, and his body was discovered by two men, who were brothers, who were digging peat.
What country did the tollund man live in?
How did the tollund man live?
How did the Elling woman die?
She was hanged as a sacrifice, the same as the tollund man
Why was the tollund man called tollund man?
The Tollund Man was named after the area where his well-preserved body was found, near the village of Tollund in Denmark.
Where did Tollund Man live?
Tollund Man lived in Denmark during the 4th century BC. His incredibly well-preserved body was found in a peat bog in the town of Tollund in Jutland, Denmark.
WHAT WAS THE TOLLUND MAN CAP MADE OF?
The Tollund Man's cap was made of sheepskin and wool.
How did the tollund man get his name?
The Tollund Man got his name from the bog where he was found, near the village of Tollund in Denmark. Tollund Man is a well-preserved bog body dating back to the Iron Age, discovered in 1950.
How do they know the tollund man was a man?
Because he has a dick.
How old is the tollund man?
The Tollund Man is estimated to have lived over 2,300 years ago during the Iron Age, around 400-200 BCE.
What was the date The tollund man found?
The Tollund Man was found on May 8, 1950 in a peat bog in Denmark.
What was tollund man last meal?
porridge
