Banner from Hvide Kors, Otterup

Banner from the temperance society White Cross (Hvide Kors), 1893. This banner is now at Møntergården in Odense. Photo: Jens Gregers Aagaard.

Intro

The temperance society, White Cross, demonstrates its affiliation to the Christian faith by the cross on its banner.

At the bidding of the gods Faith and rituals have shaped life on Funen since antiquity. In the hope of gaining the gods’ favour, Funen’s inhabitants dispatched grave goods to the kingdom of the dead, constructed churches and wore both Thor’s hammers and Christian crosses. The sign of the cross The cross is the most powerful symbol in the Christian world. It reminds the Christian observer that God is good and God is omnipresent. But the cross is also seen in many other contexts including the Danish flag, Dannebrog, and on medals and orders where it signals an affiliation to the Christian faith and culture.

This location is part of the exhibition 'Funen – at the centre of the universe', at Møntergården in Odense. Read more about the exhibition on our website.