A galdr (plural galdrar) or ġealdor (plural ġealdru) refers to a spell or incantation in Old Norse and Old English respectively; these were usually performed...

induce an altered state of consciousness and visions, most notably seiðr and galdr, with the intent of gaining wisdom and advice from the deities. Many solitary...

of legend and folklore and desired by practitioners of galdr. One such legend is when the galdr master Loftur Þorsteinsson (Galdra-Loftur) tried to acquire...

Galdrabók, dating from the 17th century and later.[better source needed] Galdr Hex sign Runic magic ""Staves or magical signs" Galdrastafir - Strandagaldur...

head, becoming stuck. To remove it, he went to the völva Gróa, who began a galdr to loosen it. While she was singing, Thor told her that he had carried her...

Hrafnagaldr Óðins ("Odin's raven-galdr") or Forspjallsljóð ("prelude poem") is an Icelandic poem in the style of the Poetic Edda. It is preserved only...

Galdor can refer to: Galdr, a magical song in some Germanic languages. Galdor, the father of Húrin in The Silmarillion. This disambiguation page lists...

corresponding Old English term was gealdor or galdor, "song, spell", cognate to ON galdr. The weakened sense "delight" (compare the same development of "charm")...

(shrine) Gothi Early Germanic calendars Runic magic Seeress (Germanic) Galdr Death in Norse paganism Society Berserker Earl Ergi Erilaz Félag Germanic...

(shrine) Gothi Early Germanic calendars Runic magic Seeress (Germanic) Galdr Death in Norse paganism Society Berserker Earl Ergi Erilaz Félag Germanic...

(shrine) Gothi Early Germanic calendars Runic magic Seeress (Germanic) Galdr Death in Norse paganism Society Berserker Earl Ergi Erilaz Félag Germanic...

(shrine) Gothi Early Germanic calendars Runic magic Seeress (Germanic) Galdr Death in Norse paganism Society Berserker Earl Ergi Erilaz Félag Germanic...

embalmed it with herbs so that it would not rot, and spoke charms [Old Norse galdr] over it", which imbued the head with the ability to answer Odin and "tell...

the element galdr ("incantation"), with the names galdrakonur ("galdr women"), galdrakerling ("old galdr woman") and galdrasnót ("galdr lady"). In addition...

and elsewhere, Odin is particularly associated with the runes and with galdr. Charms, often associated with the runes, were a central part of the treatment...

the dökkálfar in the late Old Norse poem Hrafnagaldr Óðins ("Odin's Raven-galdr"), stanza 25. As the concept is only recorded in Gylfaginning and the late...

Florida Water Flying ointment Folk belief Four-leaf clover Fortune-telling Galdr (Old Norse) Gematria, see also Numerology Geomancy Geomantic figures Ghouls...

the rune names of the Elder Futhark for ritual use. Germanic neopaganism Galdr Icelandic magical staves List of runestones Runic Gymnastics Uthark theory...

the Galdr, but she then secretly gives birth to a girl. Orin hides the children (Urlan and Ursula), and they grow up in seclusion, with the Galdr unaware...

(shrine) Gothi Early Germanic calendars Runic magic Seeress (Germanic) Galdr Death in Norse paganism Society Berserker Earl Ergi Erilaz Félag Germanic...

chanting the poem aloud results in a "marvellously incantatory effect". Galdr Hávamál Mímir Merseburg Incantations Gordon (1962:92–93). Macleod (2006:127)...

psychological borders'. Seiðr involved the incantation of spells (galdrar, sg. galdr). Practitioners may have been religious leaders of the Viking community...

(shrine) Gothi Early Germanic calendars Runic magic Seeress (Germanic) Galdr Death in Norse paganism Society Berserker Earl Ergi Erilaz Félag Germanic...

brought [Steinunn] to him by use of magic" by reciting magic chants and galdr until she came to him and he "lay with her." The fact that Steinunn had...

begins to awaken Yune; Micaiah is forced to prematurely awaken her with the galdr of release. Yune's awakening also awakens the goddess of order Ashera. As...

may represent some of the few remaining examples of pre-Christian ljoð or galdr, ritual verse chanted by the cult leaders, shamans or oracles of Norse Scandinavia...

Fire + Ice album Rûna that included a self-written and sung galdor (or galdr) of the Rune poem. Read presently holds the position of Drighten in the...

Icelander known as Galdra-Loftur for his supposed mastery of Old Norse sorcery (galdr). He was the subject of many folk sagas about his alleged magical performances...

Vafþrúðnismál (8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17) Galdrafǫðr Father of Magical Songs Faðir galdrs Father of Magical Songs Baldrs draumar Gangari, Ganglari, Gangleri / Wanderer...

song, spell, charm' OE gealdor, OHG galtar ON galdr – From PGmc *galanan ('to shout, sing, chant'). See galdr for further discussion. *guđ(j)ōn 'priest'...