Maria Kvilhaug: In the Bay of Magic and the Wilderness of Cave Land – Initiation Narratives in the Sagas #20

We are happy to welcome our friend Maria Kvilhaug back «In the Borderlands»! This time, the author and historian gives us a fascinating look into her upcoming work – a book presenting a comprehensive list of instances of seidr in Norse sources.Seidr can be seen as a Norse form of shamanism and the stories Maria shine a light upon in her research paint a far more diverse, gender fluid and colourful picture of old Norse society and religious practices than what we are used to.Come join us on a journey through spell songs, fate swapping, transgressive trials of initiation and divine intercourse. Maria Kvilhaughttps://bladehoner.wordpress.com/author/https://www.instagram.com/mariakvilhaug/https://www.facebook.com/ladyofthe.labyrinth/ https://www.patreon.com/MariaKvilhaug PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ EMAIL [email protected] TORGRIM'S LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL'S LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCESÞórbjǫrg vǫlva in Saga of Erik the Redhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiðr#Erik_the_RedLotte Motzhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotte_MotzYnglinga sagahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ynglinga_sagaSnorri Sturlusonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snorri_SturlusonHeimskringlahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeimskringlaRuneshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RunesGaldrhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GaldrKjalnesinga sagahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjalnesinga_sagaCinderellahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CinderellaBrothers Grimmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_GrimmSaxo Grammaticushttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxo_GrammaticusBearskin (fairy tale)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearskin_(German_fairy_tale)Odysseushttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OdysseusCircehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CirceOdinhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OdinGunnlödhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnl%C3%B6%C3%B0