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<blockquote data-quote="Galloglaich" data-source="post: 5069688" data-attributes="member: 77019"><p>Did a little more digging into historical sources for Germanic / Norse magic, here are a few "real" spells from the 10th - 11th Century:</p><p> </p><p>Here are two Germanic / Norse magic spells from the 9th Century AD, one to release prisoners and another to cure a horse:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merseburg_charm" target="_blank">Merseburg Incantations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Here is another one for curing poison, also from around the 10th Century:</p><p> </p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Herbs_Charm" target="_blank">Nine Herbs Charm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p><p> </p><p>Here is a list of Magical symbols used in Icelandic magic, compiled in the 16th Century but of a much more ancient lineage:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_magical_staves" target="_blank">Icelandic magical staves - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p><p> </p><p>Several of these would make good cantrips or spells, if you read the descriptions.</p><p> </p><p>And here is a much more sinister one called the Hand of Glory, originally described by Albertus Magnus in the 13th century</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_of_Glory" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_of_Glory</a></p><p> </p><p>There is a creepy story about it which you often see many different versions of:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.shanmonster.com/witch/wards_tools/hand.html" target="_blank">http://www.shanmonster.com/witch/wards_tools/hand.html</a></p><p> </p><p style="margin-left: 20px">According to one account, form the sixteenth-century demonologist <a href="http://www.shanmonster.com/witch/hunters/delrio.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc">Martin del Rio</span></a>, a thief once lit the Hand of Glory outside a family's home, but he was observed by a servant girl. While he was busy ransacking the house, she was desperately trying to put out the candle. First she tried blowing it out, to no avail. Then she doused it with water, which didn't work; then she tried <a href="http://www.shanmonster.com/witch/wards_tools/beer.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc">beer</span></a>, which also didn't work. Milk, for unknown reasons, did. The moment the candle was extinguished, the family awoke and caught the thief red-handed; the maid was, of course, rewarded for her bravery and quick thinking. </p><p>G.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Galloglaich, post: 5069688, member: 77019"] Did a little more digging into historical sources for Germanic / Norse magic, here are a few "real" spells from the 10th - 11th Century: Here are two Germanic / Norse magic spells from the 9th Century AD, one to release prisoners and another to cure a horse: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merseburg_charm"]Merseburg Incantations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL] Here is another one for curing poison, also from around the 10th Century: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Herbs_Charm"]Nine Herbs Charm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL] Here is a list of Magical symbols used in Icelandic magic, compiled in the 16th Century but of a much more ancient lineage: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_magical_staves"]Icelandic magical staves - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL] Several of these would make good cantrips or spells, if you read the descriptions. And here is a much more sinister one called the Hand of Glory, originally described by Albertus Magnus in the 13th century [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_of_Glory[/URL] There is a creepy story about it which you often see many different versions of: [URL]http://www.shanmonster.com/witch/wards_tools/hand.html[/URL] [INDENT]According to one account, form the sixteenth-century demonologist [URL="http://www.shanmonster.com/witch/hunters/delrio.html"][COLOR=#0066cc]Martin del Rio[/COLOR][/URL], a thief once lit the Hand of Glory outside a family's home, but he was observed by a servant girl. While he was busy ransacking the house, she was desperately trying to put out the candle. First she tried blowing it out, to no avail. Then she doused it with water, which didn't work; then she tried [URL="http://www.shanmonster.com/witch/wards_tools/beer.html"][COLOR=#0066cc]beer[/COLOR][/URL], which also didn't work. Milk, for unknown reasons, did. The moment the candle was extinguished, the family awoke and caught the thief red-handed; the maid was, of course, rewarded for her bravery and quick thinking. [/INDENT] G. [/QUOTE]
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