The Merseburg charms or Merseburg incantations (German: die Merseburger Zaubersprüche) are two medieval magic spells, charms or incantations, written in Old High German. They are the only known examples of Germanic pagan belief preserved in the language. They were discovered in 1841 by Georg Waitz,[1] who found them in a theological manuscript from Fulda, written in the 9th century,[2] although there remains some speculation about the date of the charms themselves. The manuscript (Cod. 136 f. 85a) is stored in the library of the cathedral chapter of Merseburg, hence the name.
The Merseburgcharms or Merseburg incantations (German: die Merseburger Zaubersprüche) are two medieval magic spells, charms or incantations, written in...
Merseburg (German: [ˈmɛʁzəbʊʁk] ) is a town in central Germany in southern Saxony-Anhalt, situated on the river Saale, and approximately 14 km south of...
Sinthgunt sang charms, her sister Sunna sang charms, Friia sang charms, her sister Volla sang charms, and finally Wodan sang charms, followed by a verse...
German, but only the MerseburgCharms exist in a non-Christianized form. A similar situation exists in Old English, where over 100 charms are attested, including...
Magical Papyri Maqlû, Akkadian incantation text The Merseburgcharms, two medieval magic spells, charms written in Old High German Cyprianus, a generic term...
Traditional Award in the 18th Independent Music Awards with the song Norupo. Merseburgcharms Old English rune poem Kragehul I Eggja stone Ear (rune) Wikimedia Commons...
folklore after Christianization. As an example, the second of the two Merseburgcharms (two Old High German examples of alliterative verse from a manuscript...
extension of the Germanic god Odin. Old High German MerseburgCharms: Two Old High German charms stemming from the pagan period mentioning at least six...
account of the soul after the Last Judgment, and the Merseburgcharms are transcriptions of spells and charms from the pagan Germanic tradition. Of particular...
Grammaticus. Vernacular sources on Germanic mythology include the MerseburgCharms, the Nibelungenlied, and various pieces of Old English literature,...
A scene from one of the Merseburg Incantations: gods Wodan and Balder stand before the goddesses Sunna, Sinthgunt, Volla, and Friia (Emil Doepler, 1905)...
Popularly Known as the Nine Herbs Charm". Mimisbrunnr.info. Accessed February 2023. Hostetter, Aaron K. 2023. "The Metrical Charms". Old English Poetry Project...
Gullfaxi to his son Magni after fighting Hrungnir in Skáldskaparmál. Merseburgcharms, the second of which involves Wodan healing an injured horse Animals...
German lines survive, in four works: the Hildebrandslied, Muspilli, the MerseburgCharms and the Wessobrunn Prayer. All four are preserved in forms that are...
"The Magic Mill". Galdrabók The Great Book of Saint Cyprian Hoodoo Merseburgcharms Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses Tycho Brahe days Mary Rustad, The...
von Weissenburg, the Latin-German dictionary Abrogans, the magical MerseburgCharms and the Old High German translation of the theologian Tatian's Gospel...
variously dated between 750 and 780, probably from Reichenau. The 8th century Merseburg Incantations are the only remnant of pre-Christian German literature....
English charms mention figures that are theorised as representing an Anglo-Saxon notion of valkyries or valkyrie-like female beings; Wið færstice, a charm to...
attested solely in the Old High German 9th- or 10th-century "horse cure" Merseburg Incantation. In the incantation, Sinthgunt is referred to as the sister...
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