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The exterior of Strandagaldur, The Museum of Icelandic Sorcery and Witchcraft in Hólmavík, Iceland.. Strandagaldur (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈstrantaˌkaltʏr̥]), also known as The Museum of Icelandic Sorcery and Witchcraft, is a privately operated and publicly accessible museum dedicated to the folklore and history of sorcery and witchcraft in Iceland.
National Gallery of Iceland; National Museum of Iceland; Perlan; Reykjasafn (Byggðasafn Húnvetninga og Strandamanna) Reykjavík 871±2; Reykjavik Art Museum; Reykjavik Maritime Museum; Reykjavík Municipal Archives; Safnasafnid Icelandic Folk and Outsider Art Museum; Skagafjörður Folk Museum; Skóbúðin - museum of everyday life; Technical ...
In The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft and Wicca, Rosemary Ellen Guiley described it as the "world's largest collection of paraphernalia and artifacts related to folk magic, witchcraft, Wicca and ritual magic". [16] The museum functions as an information resource centre for media and the public. [8] An independent organisation, the Friends ...
The international Christian demonology and the Christian interpretation of magic as witchcraft connected to Satan, and the Christian definition of a magician as a witch who was able to master sorcery after a Pact with the Devil, was introduced to Iceland by the clergy (who were often Danes or educated in Denmark) in the 17th century.
American Museum of Magic, Marshall, Michigan is the largest magic museum in the United States open to the public. [6] The History Museum at the Castle is a local history museum located at 330 East College Avenue in downtown Appleton, Wisconsin. Owned and operated by the Outagamie County Historical Society (OCHS), the museum has previously ...
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The stave is mentioned in Halldór Laxness's historic novel, Íslandsklukkan ("Iceland's Bell" 1943) where a character named Jón Þeófilusson is caught possessing the sign of the vindgapi (translated as "Blusterer") and the nábrókarstafur (sign of the "Corpse's Breeches"), thereby facing the prospect of being burned as a sorcerer.
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