I Curse My Enemy To Fart. Alot! 17th Century Icelandic Folk Magic Preserved In Book Form
excerpt from the swedish history musuems text about the pictured 17th century icelandic book of magic
“Om du till exempel vill framkalla kräkning hos en ovän, ristar du trolltecken på ost eller fisk och ger till den du vill driva med “då skall han icke hava nytta av det som han äter den dagen”.
Om inte detta är straff nog kan du sedan använda dig av fjärt-runor. Skriv då trollstavar med ditt eget blod på ett vitt kalvskinn och säg: ”jag ristar dig åtta assrunor, nio naudrunor, tretton thursrunor vilka må plåga din buk med svår väderspänning och … våldsamt fjärtande … måtte aldrig ditt fjärtande upphöra varken dag eller natt…” “
English Translation (by me)
“Say that you want to curse your enemy to vomit, then you are adviced to carve magical symbols on cheese or fish. Then you shall give these food items to the one you want to mock. the result, according to the book is “that they will be unable to gain nourishment nor pleasure from any meals for a day”.
but, if this is not enough punishment for your enemy you can step up your game, and use farting - runes. write magical runes with your own blod on the white pelt of a calf and say: “I am carving you with eight a - runes, nine n - runes, thirteen th - runes. may they torture your stomach with a severe feeling of bloating and aggressive farting. may your farting last forever, yes day and night you shall fart, forevermore!” “
Source
a book of magical spells from either the 17th or 16th century, written in icelandic. bought 1682 in copenhagen by the swedish historian J. G. Sparfvenfeldt, who aquired it for the swedish crowns collection. unknown who wrote the book, and for what porpuse, but because of the different handwritting in the book, it is believed it was written by at least two authors.
the book is kept at the swedish history musuem in stockholm, sweden.
http://historiska.se/sokresultat/?q=svartkonstbok&i=ksamsok
http://historiska.se/upptack-historien/object/117747-bok-svartkonstbok-av-papper/
http://historiska.se/upptack-historien/artikel/en-islandsk-svartkonstbok/
