The Viking Way: Magic and Mind in Late Iron Age Scandinavia paul borda Book Size: 8 x 10

Book Size: 8 x 10

mistletoe was so sacred to the Druids that if two enemies met beneath a tree on which it was growing

Each image incorporates the same use of a pentagram

At a time when we seek closer connection with the natural world

and the cycles of light and dark

The Viking Way: Magic and Mind in Late Iron Age Scandinavia paul borda Book Size: 8 x 10Magic, sorcery and witchcraft are among the most common themes of the great medieval Icelandic sagas and poems, the problematic yet vital sources that provide our primary textual evidence for the Viking Age that they claim to describe. Yet despite the consistency of this picture, surprisingly little archaeological or historical research has been done to explore what this may really have meant to the men and women of the time. This book examines the