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F&M 167. Charms, Rituals and Speech Acts: Theories of Magic in Performance

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Examines charm magic, an utterance simultaneously a command, an appeal, an embodiment of belief, a literary form, a reference to tradition, and a window onto the past. Using all available resources (e.g., charm texts, trial records, material evidence of...

Folklore and Mythology 106. History of Witchcraft and Charm Magic

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This course examines witchcraft (and the "magical world view") from cross-cultural, historical, and literary perspectives. Although witches and witchcraft are considered in their non-Western settings, the course focuses on the melding of Christian and...

Reviewer comments on Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages

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October 1, 2011 "What Mitchell has now given us is a magisterial overview that allows us to see how the history of witchcraft and magic in northern Europe fits into broader European patterns […] Mitchell’s book is fascinating and valuable, then, not only...

Old Norse Folklore II: Magic, Witchcraft, and Charms in Medieval Scandinavia

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The second volume of Old Norse Folklore explores medieval and early modern Nordic magic and witchcraft, covering syncretism, continuity, survival, and the reconstruction of pagan beliefs and cultic practices in this last area of western Europe to be...

Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages now in paperback

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Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages is now available from the University of Pennsylvania Press as a paperback and as an ebook, in addition to the traditional hardbound format: Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4290-4 | $49.95s | £32.50 | Paper Mar...

Myth, Magic, and Memory in Early Scandinavian Narrative Culture

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I was delighted and honored – and utterly surprised – to be presented on my recent 70 th birthday with a beautiful volume of essays on a wide range of topics treating spiritual culture in the pre-modern North, edited by Jürg Glauser and Pernille Hermann...

About Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press)

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For details, a sample section of the book, and more, please see the University of Pennsylvania Press website. REVIEWER COMMENTS IN BRIEF COMPLETE REVIEWS: American Historical Review ARV The Catholic Historical Review English Historical Review Folklore...

Magic and Religion

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Magic and Memory in the Medieval North

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Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages

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Skírnismál and Nordic Charm Magic

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Odin, Magic and a Swedish Trial from 1484

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