This thesis aims to explore the various forms of healing magic; seiðr, galdr, and herbal medicine, of the Late Scandinavian Iron Age. I aim to analyse how magic can be found in the medicinal empirical material, who used these objects, and, on whom. The analysis is limited to physical sickness and what caused said diseases. The empirical material is limited to objects of clear magical medicinal use in order to dive deeper into the analysis of how the magic can be found, why, and who used said object or herb. Magic and medicine are two sides of the same coin and have walked hand in hand all through history. In fact, the two are so deeply ingrained in each other that medicinal practices were long thought to derive from magic. The empirical mat...
Denna studie avser att undersöka den mening som mediciner skapar, och hur de påverkar människors var...
The prime focus of this dissertation is the relationship between natural philosophy, magic and relig...
Old Norse literature abounds with descriptions of magic acts that allow ritual specialists of variou...
This thesis aims to explore the various forms of healing magic; seiðr, galdr, and herbal medicine, o...
This doctoral thesis examines the arts of healing in the area of present-day Sweden dur¬ing the Midd...
The study of medicinal plants is a popular subject that, at least in the archaeological sciences, ha...
This article addresses the use of materialevidence as a source for magic / religiouspractices in the...
Medicine and healing, constantly changing through time, have always been important aspects of life. ...
The practice of magic was common in the Ancient Greek and Roman Worlds. Curse tablets, astrology, di...
This paper seeks evidence among our extensive Scandinavian mythological texts for an area which they...
In many Old Norse texts inhabitants of the far north are portrayed as magic users. This thesis anal...
This thesis is about cultural aspects of advanced medical technology for treating end-stage heart fa...
From the late-eighth through the early-twelfth centuries, the Germanic people of medieval Scandinavi...
This article examines four late medieval Scandinavian manuscripts (ca. 1400-1500 AD), namely three l...
This thesis examines the medical content of Early Modern Swedish almanacs between the years 1608-173...
Denna studie avser att undersöka den mening som mediciner skapar, och hur de påverkar människors var...
The prime focus of this dissertation is the relationship between natural philosophy, magic and relig...
Old Norse literature abounds with descriptions of magic acts that allow ritual specialists of variou...
This thesis aims to explore the various forms of healing magic; seiðr, galdr, and herbal medicine, o...
This doctoral thesis examines the arts of healing in the area of present-day Sweden dur¬ing the Midd...
The study of medicinal plants is a popular subject that, at least in the archaeological sciences, ha...
This article addresses the use of materialevidence as a source for magic / religiouspractices in the...
Medicine and healing, constantly changing through time, have always been important aspects of life. ...
The practice of magic was common in the Ancient Greek and Roman Worlds. Curse tablets, astrology, di...
This paper seeks evidence among our extensive Scandinavian mythological texts for an area which they...
In many Old Norse texts inhabitants of the far north are portrayed as magic users. This thesis anal...
This thesis is about cultural aspects of advanced medical technology for treating end-stage heart fa...
From the late-eighth through the early-twelfth centuries, the Germanic people of medieval Scandinavi...
This article examines four late medieval Scandinavian manuscripts (ca. 1400-1500 AD), namely three l...
This thesis examines the medical content of Early Modern Swedish almanacs between the years 1608-173...
Denna studie avser att undersöka den mening som mediciner skapar, och hur de påverkar människors var...
The prime focus of this dissertation is the relationship between natural philosophy, magic and relig...
Old Norse literature abounds with descriptions of magic acts that allow ritual specialists of variou...