Results for "sweden"
22 entries found.
🇸🇪 Sweden and 4 moreEmanuel Swedenborg
An 18th-century Swedish scientist who became a mystic and claimed to visit the afterlife.Text · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Change and initiation Living
🇳🇴 NorwayHuldra
Seductive forest woman of Scandinavian tales, her animal tail hidden from viewBeing · Protection Legendary
🇫🇮 Finland and 1 moreWitch trials in Finland
A historical record of legal persecution for magic in a region where men were common targets.Belief · Cursing and harm Historical
🇸🇪 SwedenTorsåker witch trials
The largest mass execution of witches in Swedish history, carried out in a single day.Belief · Cursing and harm Historical
🇸🇪 SwedenMora witch trial
A 1669 Swedish mass execution driven by child testimony and European hysteriaBelief · Cursing and harm Historical
🇮🇸 Iceland and 3 moreDraugr
A malevolent undead revenant from Nordic folklore, often guarding buried treasure.Being · Cursing and harm · Luck and prosperity Legendary
🇸🇪 SwedenTemple at Uppsala
A Norse religious centre described in medieval texts and debated by modern scholarsTradition · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Power and authority Historical
🇸🇪 SwedenKvinneby amulet
An 11th-century Swedish copper plate with a long runic inscription seeking protectionCharm · Protection Historical
🇳🇴 Norway and 3 moreTheosophy in Scandinavia
A network of independent lodges studying esoteric philosophy across the Nordic countries.Tradition · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Change and initiation Living
🇮🇸 Iceland and 3 moreRune poem
Proverbial verses used to memorize the names and order of runic lettersText · Power and authority Historical
🇸🇪 SwedenStentoften Runestone
A seventh-century Swedish stone inscribed with a curse and harvest blessings in Proto-NorseText · Cursing and harm · Luck and prosperity Historical
🇸🇪 SwedenGlemminge stone
A Viking Age runestone in Sweden bearing a Younger Futhark inscription and a curse.Text · Cursing and harm Historical
🇸🇪 Sweden and 1 moreGulon
A gluttonous beast of Nordic lore: dog in build, cat in face, said to eat without endBeing Legendary
🇸🇪 Sweden and 1 moreStalloStállu
A large, clumsy creature from Sámi folklore that eats people and is often outwitted by humans.Being · Cursing and harm · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇸🇪 SwedenBysen
A cursed forest spirit of Gotland that misleads travelers and tends the woods.Being · Cursing and harm · Wonder and entertainment Legendary
🇸🇪 Sweden and 1 moreEaster witchpåskkärring
A Swedish legend of witches flying to Blockula, and a children's Easter dressing-up customBelief · Protection Living
🇸🇪 Sweden and 1 moreTroll crosstrollkors
A carved or bent iron sigil used in Sweden and Norway to ward off harmful magic and creatures.Charm · Protection Revived
🇸🇪 SwedenVittra
A forest spirit from northern Sweden linked to livestock and seductionBeing · Cursing and harm · Love and attraction Legendary
🇸🇪 SwedenSaleby Runestone
A Swedish memorial stone raised by a husband for his wife, featuring an ancient curse.Text · Protection Historical
🇫🇮 Finland and 2 moreSaint Knut's Daytjugondag jul; nuutinpäivä
A January festival ending the Christmas season with tree removal and traditional visits.Rite · Cleansing and purification Living
🇮🇪 Ireland and 3 moreFairy path
An invisible route used by fairies, often straight and connecting sacred sitesBelief · Cursing and harm · Protection Historical
🇸🇪 SwedenSigtuna rib
A runic bone amulet from medieval Sweden bearing a spell against diseaseCharm · Healing Historical
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Kvinneby amulet: Ulrik Skans SHMM, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Emanuel Swedenborg: Carl Frederik von Breda, Public domain, source
- Easter witch: Holger.Ellgaard , eget fotomontage, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sjörå: Bernard Evans Ward, Public domain, source
- Troll cross: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Draugr: Kim Diaz Holm, CC BY 4.0, source
- Temple at Uppsala: Olaus Magnus, Public domain, source
- Numbers in Germanic paganism: Sendelbach ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Torsåker witch trials: Y-näsmannen, CC0, source
- Mora witch trial: Unknown author Unknown author contemporary artist, Public domain, source
- Saleby Runestone: Berig, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Fairy path: Aviddoghug at English Wikipedia ( Original text: David Gough ), Public domain, source
- Sigtuna rib: Swedish National Heritage Board, CC BY 4.0, source
- Rune poem: Tollef Salemann, CC0, source
- Glemminge stone: Jorchr, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Stallo: John Bauer, Public domain, source