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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Her name conjures up Old Nordic tales about heroic accomplishments and that’s exactly what Saga this summer did when she stumbled on a pre-Viking-era sword in a southern Sweden lake.
Saga Vanecek, 8, was helping her father with his boat in the Vidostern lake when she stepped on an 34-inch sword in a holster made of wood and leather. The sword is believed to be about 1,500 years old.
Mikael Nordstrom of the local Jonkoping County museum said Friday that the little girl’s find prompted others to seek out long-lost treasures in a lake that had been diminished by drought.
A broach from between 300 to 400 A.D. was eventually found.
Nordstrom said archaeologists are trying to understand why the items were there. For sacrificial purposes is one suggestion.
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