it is found on memorial stones in Scandinavia besides inscriptions to Thor. When we find it on the pommel of a warrior's sword and on his sword-belt, the assumption is that the warrior was placing himself under the Thunder God's protection. Swastikas appear on various Germanic objects stretching from the Migration Period to the Viking Age, such as the 3rd century Fibula (DR EM85;123) from Zealand, Denmark; the Gothic spearhead from Brest-Litovsk, Belarus; numerous Migration Period bracteates; cremation urns from early Anglo-Saxon England; the 8th century sword from , Norway; and the 9th century Snoldelev Stone (DR 248) from , Denmark. Eponymy and toponymy Numerous place names in Scandinavia contain the Old Norse name . The identification of these place names as pointing to religious significance is complicated by the aforementioned common usage of as a personal name element. Cultic significance may only be assured in place names containing the elements (signifying the location of a , a type of pagan Germanic shrine), (a structure used for religious purposes, see heathen hofs), and (a holy grove). The place name is recorded with particular frequency in Denmark (and has direct cognates in Norse settlements in Ireland, such as ), whereas appears particularly often in southern Norway. (Thor's Island) appears on the Swedish west coast. Thor also appears in many place names in Uppland. In English place names, Old English (in contrast with the Old Norse form of the name, later introduced to the Danelaw) left comparatively few traces. Examples include Thundersley, from * and Thurstable (Old English "Thunor's pillar"). F. M. Stenton noted that such place names were apparently restricted to Saxon and Jutish territory and not found in Anglian areas. In what is now Germany, locations named after Thor are sparsely recorded, but a number of locations called (German "Donner's mountain") may derive their name from the deity , the southern Germanic form of the god's name. In as late as the 19th century in Iceland, a specific breed of fox was known as ("Thor of the holt"), likely due to the red coat of the breed. In Sweden in the 19th century, smooth, wedge-shaped stones found in the earth were called ("Thor's wedges"), according to a folk belief that they were once hurled at a troll by the god Thor. (Compare Thunderstones.) Similarly, meteorites may be considered memorials to Thor in folk tradition due to their sheer weight. On