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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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Museum of Witchcraft and Magic; S. Salem Witch Museum; Strandagaldur; W. White Lion Inn, Stratford-upon-Avon; Witch History Museum; The Witch House This page was ...
In two large trials between 2015 and 2019, public sector employees in Iceland worked 35-36 hours per week, with no reduction in pay. Many participants had previously worked 40 hours a week.
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.