Magic and Discourses of Magic in the Old Norse Sagas of the Apostles

Nicolas Meylan

doi:10.1484/J.VMS.1.102617

ISSN: 1782-7183
E-ISSN: 2030-9902

Magic and Discourses of Magic in the Old Norse Sagas of the Apostles
By: Nicolas Meylan
Publisher: Brepols
Publication: Viking and Medieval Scandinavia, Volume 7, Issue 1, Jan 2011, p. 107 - 124
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1484/J.VMS.1.102617

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This article discusses magic as it appears in the corpus of the Postola sögur. It suggests that such texts’ descriptions of magic are subordinated to discursive demands rather than empirical accuracy.

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