 Like Snorri's "Prose Edda" description of the ravens, a bird is sometimes depicted at the ear of the human, or at the ear of the horse.Bracteates have been found in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and, in smaller numbers, England and areas south of Denmark.Austrian Germanist Rudolf Simek states that these bracteates may depict Odin and his ravens healing a horse and may indicate that the birds were originally not simply his battlefield companions but also "Odin's helpers in his veterinary function."