Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
Davenport's Magic Kingdom in Norfolk, England, houses an exhibition on the history of magic as well as a live conjuring show and a recreated sideshow act. [41] Museum for Magic and Illusions is at Rue de Namur 49, Brussels, Belgium. [42] Norwegian Museum of Magic founded in 1997 as the "Norwegian Magician Archives", concentrating on Norwegian ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
Staves against witchcraft. [10] Stafur til að vekja upp draug: To raise the dead and drive away evil spirits. [2] Þjófastafur: For use against thieves. [11] Tóustefna: To ward off foxes. [12] Varnarstafur Valdemars: Valdemar's Protection Stave; increases favor and happiness. Vatnahlífir: Protection against drowning. Vegvísir: To guide ...
Nábrók or nábuxur (calqued as necropants, literally "corpse britches") are a pair of pants made from the skin of a dead human, which are believed in Icelandic witchcraft to be capable of producing an endless supply of money. It is highly unlikely these pants ever existed outside of folklore.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "Magic museums" ... Witchcraft and Wizardology Museum
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.