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Old 01-27-2017, 08:28 AM   #54 (permalink)
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Harvey frowned slightly at the question. Was the Professor still talking about tattoos or Old Norse curses? or had he missed something in his reading?

"Strictly speaking, at least from what I read, the Old Norse curses weren't tattoos but carvings on the pole which is shown in the picture there," he pointed. "They were supposed to be more lasting, I guess, and had an affect on sprites in the ground which would somehow affect whoever you were trying to curse. The horse's he'd faced in the direction of whoever was cursed. It was a ceremony, so personally I'd say the whole ritual factor gave this method of 'cursing' a lot more power in people's minds. But that's just a guess.

Yep. That's what a summer of not being allowed to do very much did to you. Old Norse myths and traditions.
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