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Vardagsmagi och läkekonst: En svartkonstbok från Glava

Arnell, Mirella LU (2023) ILHK02 20231
Division of History of Ideas and Sciences
Abstract
As part of the practices connected with folk medicine in Sweden, as well as in the rest of the Nordic countries, is an old literary genre grown from the combination of oral and literary traditions – svartkonstböcker, literally translated to black art books. These books were used by the professionals in the field of folk medicine, namely the wise old men and women. Contained in the books are rituals, incantations and recipes to help cure a wide array of diseases and afflictions. One
specific svartkonstbok has been central for the following study. The book is part of the Archive of Originals at The Folklife Archives in Lund, although it was originally from the district of Glava in the region of Värmland. This essay concerns itself with two... (More)
As part of the practices connected with folk medicine in Sweden, as well as in the rest of the Nordic countries, is an old literary genre grown from the combination of oral and literary traditions – svartkonstböcker, literally translated to black art books. These books were used by the professionals in the field of folk medicine, namely the wise old men and women. Contained in the books are rituals, incantations and recipes to help cure a wide array of diseases and afflictions. One
specific svartkonstbok has been central for the following study. The book is part of the Archive of Originals at The Folklife Archives in Lund, although it was originally from the district of Glava in the region of Värmland. This essay concerns itself with two main questions, as well as three more specific questions which are connected to one each of the main parts of the body of the essay. The two wider questions are (1) which thoughts and ideas are depicted in the svartkonstbok? and (2) how are these thoughts connected to a wider context within the history of ideas? To answer these questions, three themes have been analyzed within the svartkonstbok which, in turn, are connected to the three more narrow questions. These are (1) how did the materiality work within the magical practice?, (2) what was the role of words within the magical practice? and (3) what does the connection look like between the recipes in the book, the folk medicine at the time and the school medicine at the time? (Less)
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Arnell, Mirella LU
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ILHK02 20231
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M2 - Bachelor Degree
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Swedish
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9132664
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2023-09-13 09:18:52
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2023-09-13 09:18:52
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  abstract     = {{As part of the practices connected with folk medicine in Sweden, as well as in the rest of the Nordic countries, is an old literary genre grown from the combination of oral and literary traditions – svartkonstböcker, literally translated to black art books. These books were used by the professionals in the field of folk medicine, namely the wise old men and women. Contained in the books are rituals, incantations and recipes to help cure a wide array of diseases and afflictions. One
specific svartkonstbok has been central for the following study. The book is part of the Archive of Originals at The Folklife Archives in Lund, although it was originally from the district of Glava in the region of Värmland. This essay concerns itself with two main questions, as well as three more specific questions which are connected to one each of the main parts of the body of the essay. The two wider questions are (1) which thoughts and ideas are depicted in the svartkonstbok? and (2) how are these thoughts connected to a wider context within the history of ideas? To answer these questions, three themes have been analyzed within the svartkonstbok which, in turn, are connected to the three more narrow questions. These are (1) how did the materiality work within the magical practice?, (2) what was the role of words within the magical practice? and (3) what does the connection look like between the recipes in the book, the folk medicine at the time and the school medicine at the time?}},
  author       = {{Arnell, Mirella}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Vardagsmagi och läkekonst: En svartkonstbok från Glava}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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