Description
Aegishjalmur, Helm of Awe pendant: Galdrastafur of the elm of Ægir, also named elm of terror. According to some interpretations, using the ancient seiðr magic, it was possible to use the seal to bring terror, loss, confusion in the heart of the enemy, to fool his sight, and influence his mind.
Also drawn in the Galdrakver, an Icelandic manuscript dated 1670, is accompanied by the following words:
“…it shall made of lead, and when a man waits for its enemy, he shall imprint it on his forehead. And he will conquer him.”
Ægi's helmet. He shall make himself of lead, and shall thrust in his forehead that man shall expect his enemy, that he may meet him. And you will overcome him "
Galdrastafir (From "galdra", "magic") are ancient Icelandic magical seals, whose origin probably dates from the late Middle Ages. The first appearances of these Norse symbols is indeed testify around 1400, but quickly they consolidate and spread throughout Iceland inheriting a long and strong secular tradition of magical wisdom. Galdrastafir appear in fact as complex graphic processing of ancient pagan symbols and, in some cases, combined and intertwined with the new Christian symbolism. Galdrastafir unite in a single seal pagan, norse, runic, mythological, folkloric, and in some cases Christians symbols and elements.
