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Aug 8, 2022 · This medieval German town is situated on the banks of the river Saale approximately 30 kilometres west of Leipzig. It boasts a great historical significance. Firstly mentioned in 850, it became the seat of the Bishop of Merseburg in 968 and remained so until the Reformation. During the Early and High Middle Ages, the town once was the most ...
Jan 10, 2024 · The Merseburg Incantations or Merseburg Charms (German die Merseburger Zaubersprche) are two medieval magic spells, charms or incantations, written in Old High German. They are the only known examples of Germanic pagan belief preserved in this language. They were discovered in 1841 by Georg Waitz,
German and English vernacular sources. Learned sources, such as those just mentioned, may be supplemented by a few written in vernacular in continental Germany and England. Among the most interesting are two charms, the so-called Merseburg Charms, found in a manuscript from circa 900, in alliterating verse. The charms appear to be of great ...
Key words: the Second Merseburg Charm, Belorussian and Ukrainian charms, text structure, areal dissemination, formula, theonym In 1842, Jacob Grimm presented an amazing finding to the scientific community, that of two Old High German charms from a manuscript of the 10th Century,1 now generally known as the Merseburg charms (Merseburger ...
Merseburg Charms. Merseburg Charms : In German literary folklore, two charms in alliterative verse recorded from oral sources around 800 c.e. The first is to be used for freeing prisoners from their bonds, while the second is for curing an injury. Several Germanic gods are named in the second charm. Phol and Wodan went to the forest.
Mar 21, 2017 · Hypnotic rendition of first and second Merseburg Charms.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merseburg_IncantationsFirst charm:«Eiris sazun idisi, sazun hera duoder...
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