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== History == | == History == | ||
the masterwork of Sæmundr fróði, better know as ''Sæmundr the Learned.'' | the masterwork of Sæmundr fróði, better know as ''Sæmundr the Learned.'' | ||
== '''Sjö mörk Ymis''' -- ''The Seven Symbols of Ymir'' == | == '''Sjö mörk Ymis''' -- ''The Seven Symbols of Ymir'' == | ||
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:* '''[[Kynfærin]]''' - (''Genitals'') | :* '''[[Kynfærin]]''' - (''Genitals'') | ||
:* '''[[Hraðaaukning]]''' - (''Feet'') | :* '''[[Hraðaaukning]]''' - (''Feet'') | ||
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Revision as of 00:49, 21 May 2022
Introduction
Authored in the last years of the 11th century the Codex Saemundar defies simple classification, but due to the unique nature of the work and its mythological occult overtones, the manuscript is most easily understood as a antithetical catechism to the ancient Scandinavian religion.
Description
Authorship
Layout
is broken into three parts.
one part mythography, infernal grimoire
History
the masterwork of Sæmundr fróði, better know as Sæmundr the Learned.
Sjö mörk Ymis -- The Seven Symbols of Ymir
Prophesies