Icelandic magical staves
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Template:Short description Template:Refimprove Icelandic magical staves (Template:Langx) are sigils that were credited with supposed magical effect preserved in various Icelandic grimoires, such as the Galdrabók, dating from the 17th century and later.[1]Template:Better source
Table of magical staves
| Icelandic name | Manuscript description | Image |
|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | “To get a girl”, this magical stave is used by a man in love to gain the affections of the object of his desires.[2] | File:Að fá stúlku stencil by Ræveðis.svg |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Helm of Awe (or Helm of Terror); to induce fear, protect the warrior, and prevail in battle.[2] | File:Aegishjalmr.svg |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Carved on the ends of barrels to prevent leaking.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | File:Icelandic Magical Stave angurgapi.svg |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | For use on whetstones.[3] | File:Icelandic Magical Stave brynslustafir.svg |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | To dream of unfulfilled desires.[3] | File:Draumstafir huld manuscript stencil by Ræveðis.svg |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | To kill an enemy's cattle.[4] | File:Dreprún source Galdrabók stencil by Ræveðis.svg |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | A fertility symbol.[3] | File:Feingur - Traced from Huld manuscript by Ræveðis.svg |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Two staves, kept in the shoes, gapaldur under the heel of the right foot and ginfaxi under the toes of the left foot, to magically ensure victory in bouts of Icelandic wrestling (glíma).[2] | File:Icelandic Magical Stave gapaldur.svg |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | File:Icelandic Magical Stave ginfaxi.svg | |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | To open hills.[2] | File:Icelandic Magical Stave holastafur.svg |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | To prosper in trade and business.[2] | File:Icelandic Magical Stave kaupaloki.svg |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | To open a lock without a key. | File:Icelandic Magical Stave lasabrjotur.svg |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Whoever carries this symbol with them encounters no evil, neither on the sea nor on the land.[5] | File:Lukkustafir Huld Ms.png |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | To win in court.[6] | File:Icelandic Magical Stave maladeilan.svg |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | A stave used when making necropants (nábrók), a pair of trousers made from the skin of a dead man that are capable of producing an endless supply of money.[7] | File:Nábrók Necropants stencil by Ræveðs.svg |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | To make your enemies afraid.[8] (A similar looking stave is titled Óttastafur in the Huld Manuscript.) | File:Icelandic Magical Stave ottastafur.svg |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | A lesser circle of protection.[2] | File:Icelandic Magical Stave rosahringurminni.svg |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Butterknot, to find out if butter was made using milk stolen by a Tilberi.[9] | File:Icelandic Magical Stave smjorhnutur.svg |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Staves against witchcraft.[10] | File:Icelandic Magical Stave stafurgegngaldri.svg |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | To raise the dead and drive away evil spirits.[2] | File:Icelandic Magical Stave stafurtiladvekjauppdraug.svg |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | For use against thieves.[11] | File:Þjófastafur-2-by-raevedis.svg |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | To ward off foxes.[12] | File:Tóustefna - LBS 4375 8vo.svg |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Valdemar's Protection Stave; increases favor and happiness. | File:Icelandic Magical Stave valdemar.svg |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Protection against drowning. | File:Vatnahlífir - Lbs 2917 a 4to - SVG by Ræveðis.svg |
| Vegvísir | To guide people through rough weather.[3] | File:Vegvisir.svg |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | For luck in fishing. | File:Veiðistafur traced from LBS 3902 4to by Ræveðis.svg |
See also
References
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- ↑ a b c d Huld Manuscript ÍB 383 4 in the National Library in Reykjavík
- ↑ From a 17th-century grimoire, in the Antikvarisk-Topografiska Arkivet in Stockholm.
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- ↑ From a 19th-century manuscript, lbs 4375 8vo, in the National Library in Reykjavík.
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- ↑ From Skuggi. Ársritið Jólagjöfin 4. Ár. 1940. "GALDRA-SKRÆÐA" by Jochum M. Eggertson
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- ↑ From a 17th-century manuscript, lbs 143 8vo, in the National Library in Reykjavík.
- ↑ From a 17th-century medical text, am 434a 12mo, in the Arnemagnean Collection in Reykjavík.
- ↑ From a 19th-century manuscript, lbs 4375 8vo, in the National Library in Reykjavík.
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