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Magic and Magicians in Old Norse Translation Literature
DOI: 10.53136/97912218246812
Pagine: 21-49
Data di pubblicazione: Febbraio 2026
Editore: Aracne
SSD:
L-LIN/15 L-LIN/19
This paper has its starting point in some passages on the origin of magic in Old Norse translation literature, in particular in Stjórn, a compilatory work which combines the contents of some books of the Old Testament with commentaries from the Historia Scholastica, Speculum Historiale and other Latin sources. By comparing these passages with occurrences in other works, an attempt is made to draw some parallels with the way in which the myth of the origin of magic and some representative figures of magicians are presented in different Old Norse contexts.
