Category: Essays

Days that bring bad luck: These are the days that the old ones held to be unlucky; they seemed especially so for the Egyptians: In

Against Troll-Shot If any kind of shot flies toward you, then read this verse right away: BUMENSITTIMUS CALECTIMUS ME TASUS ELI ELOI SIEBAHOT ELEM VE

If you want to get a good and true friend, or a woman: Have two silver rings made and leave them lying for nine nights

For the protection of your horse Read this over your horse when you come to unsafe places, then no harm will come to it: COGNOVI

A spell against evil when some other incantations are a problem If you want to treat someone, but some incantations (galldrar) are upon him, then

Against Headache and Insomnia: Against headache and sleeplessness write this verse and leave it in his nightcap, or under his head in the evening without

A way to get satisfaction in a legal case: If you want to have fulfillment in a legal case, read this verse three times forward

For “ghost spots” (Icelandic draugablettir): If a ghost that has been sent to attack someone is successful in touching him, then its fingers will leave

To win a girl’s love: Likewise [as in the previous spell], you should, while fasting, make the second helm of awe with your saliva in

Against fainting or pestilence of livestock One has to clip or cut out these helms of awe onto one’s livestock if it is swooning or