Witchcraft in Iceland

In Old Norse, '''' (sometimes anglicized as seidhr, seidh, seidr, seithr, seith, or seid'') was a type of magic practiced in Norse society during the Late Scandinavian Iron Age. The practice of is believed to be a form of magic which is related to both the telling and the shaping of the future. Connected to the Old Norse religion, its origins are largely unknown, and its practice gradually declined after the Christianization of Scandinavia. Accounts of later made it into sagas and other literary sources, while further evidence of it has been unearthed by archaeologists. Various scholars have d

symbols believed to possess magical properties

thumb|upright|Page from the about the Ægishjálmur (occult symbol)|Ægishjálmur occult symbol.

thumb|upright|A replica of a pair of at Strandagaldur|The Museum of Icelandic Sorcery & Witchcraft. At the right is the magical symbol that is part of the ritual and at its feet are coins.

Rauðskinna (English: Red Skin), also known as The Book of Power or as the bible of all wizards, is a legendary book about black magic. alleged to have been buried with Gottskálk the cruel, Gottskálk grimmi Nikulásson of Hólar, after he stole it from Chief and wizard Jon from Svalbard. It’s said his grandfather, Thorkell had written. The subject of the book, was to learn to master magic to such a degree as to control Satan. The book has been the subject of legend and folklore and desired by practitioners of galdr. One such legend is when the galdr master Loftur Þorsteinsson (Galdra-Loftur) trie

Icelandic Gladr master