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Description

세계 설화에 등장하는 Demon. The Galdrabók (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkaltraˌpouːk], "Magic Book") is an Icelandic grimoire date

Origin & Background

Galdrabók is a grimoire from Iceland, estimated to date back to around 1600. This small manuscript contains a collection of 47 spells and symbols/staves. It appears to have been edited by four individuals from the late 16th century to the mid-17th century. The first three scribes were Icelandic, and the fourth was a Dane who worked based on Icelandic materials.

The Legend

The various spells in Galdrabók include instructions for the use of herbs and magical items, along with prayers to Christian entities, demons, and Norse gods, written in Latin and runes. Some spells have protective purposes, addressing issues such as childbirth, headaches, insomnia, previous spells, plagues, pain, and suffering at sea. Other spells are intended to instill fear, kill animals, find thieves, put someone to sleep, induce flatulence, or bewitch women.

In Popular Culture

Galdrabók was first published in a diplomatic edition with a Swedish translation by Natan Lindqvist in 1921. Subsequently, an English translation was published by Stephen Flowers in 1989, and in 1992, a facsimile edition with detailed annotations by Matthías Viðar Sæmundsson was released. In 1995, Flowers produced a second edition with a changed title, revising many translations and adding additional annotations and notes with the help of Sæmundsson. In 2024, a new illustrated English-Icelandic edition of Galdrabók was published by Icelandic folklorist Kári Pálsson, which included previously unpublished Jarðskinna manuscripts.

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