and reflection

ÿ The Smiss Stone or the Snake-witch Stone depicts someone dressed as a woman holding two snakes and appears to be in birthing position

and their connections to the roles of women in Old Norse society

stain remover

A white bone handle blade to be used in ritual

Icelandic Magic: Practical Secrets of the Northern Grimoires medicine and reflectionA practical guide to the magical systems of pre Christian Iceland. Reveals spells and workings drawn directly from surviving magical books from the 16th to 20th century preserved at the National Library in Reykjavk Explores the history of magic in Iceland through original translations of Icelandic folktales about famous magicians and about legendary grimoires, such as the Galdrabk, the oldest and most complete book of its kind Explains how to