Mysteries of the Far North norway 8 3/8 x 10

8 3/8 x 10

sorcery and witchcraft are among the most common themes of the great medieval Icelandic sagas and poems

at the midwinter festival of Saturnalia

Nigel Pennick takes the reader on a journey through the practice of operative witchcraft in the British Isles from the Middle Ages and the Elizabethan era to the decriminalization of witchcraft in the 1950s and its practice today

the meaning of the individual tree letters

Mysteries of the Far North norway 8 3/8 x 10Presents evidence of early Norse settlement in Greenland and North America Explores in depth how Greenland and its surroundings were inhabited for nearly 5 centuries by two Nordic colonies, Vestri bygd and Eystri bygd Shares extensive evidence from the still living indigenous oral tradition of the Far North as well as surviving sculptural art to show how the Vikings and the Inuit formed a harmonious community Examines ancient maps and other