Idreamofknights
Idreamofknights t1_j4t7uh1 wrote
Reply to comment by sil3ntsir3n in World’s oldest rune stone found in Norway, archaeologists believe by danishistorian
Professor Jackson Crawford from the University of Colorado
Idreamofknights t1_j4t4igv wrote
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More than that. To use magic of spells, concealment and visions was the domain of women, it was seidr. Men who did that were dishonorable. Male magic was of battle, to embody a warrior spirit like the ulfhednar or to craft enchanted weapons.
Idreamofknights t1_j4txhbs wrote
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I see the communion with relatives as more of a expression of religion, and I'm curious about the controlling weather part. But the part about spells and ritualized magic being the domain of women is true, both to heal and to curse. There were men who did magic, but they're shamed by their society as argr, dishonorable and unmanly, and even Odin himself is shamed like this because he uses it to see his visions, while his wife Freya is hailed for it. Magic is widely considered a very gendered concept in Norse society by many scholars.