Witchcraft and Magic in Ancient Scandinavia 2018
Friday, May 25th, 2018
10:00-11:00 Lucie Korecká & Pavel Vondřička – Terminology of Old Norse Magic
11:00-11:30 Magda Králová – If a Witch Eats a Man... Magic in Barbarian Law Codes
11:30-12:00 Coffee Break
12:00-12:30 Josef Jürgens – Mjök stóra stafi, Mjök stinna stafi. Some Research Views on Magic Inscriptions in the Elder Fuþark
12:30-13:00 Valerie Schuster – Archeological Findings. Magical Artifacts
13:00-15:00 Lunch Break
15:00- 15:30 Johanna Stowasser – Gender Aspects of Old Norse Magic
15:30- 16:00 Sophia Feigenbutz – ‘I put a spell on you’. Love Spells and Love Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages
16:00- 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-17:00 Jan Marek Šík – Magic as a Speech Act, Magic as Power. Edda and Kalevala
17:00-17:30 Hannelore Ledderose – Finnish Magic in Old Norse Literature
17:30 Round-Table Discussion
18:00 Conference Dinner
Saturday, May 26th, 2018
10:00-10:30 Pauline Wagenknecht – Icelandic galdrabækur. Content and Context
10:30-11:00 Michaela Perl – Early Testimonies of Witches in Old Norse Literature
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:00 Pavlína Lukešová – Witches and Their Means of Transport in Old Norse and Late Witch-Trial Sources
12:00-12:30 Barbora Hlavatá – ‘The Treasured Wisdom of Old’. Norse Magic in Modern British Literature
12:30 Round-Table Discussion and End of Conference
Downloads
- Korecká & Vondřička_VocabularyOfMagic (13 MByte)
- Králová_Magic in Barbarian Law Codes (572 KByte)
- Jürgens_Magic Inscriptions in the Elder Fuþark (2 MByte)
- Schuster_Magical Objects (2 MByte)
- Stowasser_Gender Aspects of Old Norse Witchcraft (83 KByte)
- Feigenbutz_Love Spells (4 MByte)
- Ledderose_Finnish magic in Od Norse literature (1 MByte)
- Wagenknecht_Icelandic galdrabækur (14 MByte)
- Perl_Early testimonies of witches in Old Norse literature (695 KByte)
- Lukešová_Witches' Means of Transport (4 MByte)