Random Heathen Ramblings: S4, EP33 - The Germanic Heathen Curse (Níðstang)

Random Heathen Ramblings · Sep 14, 2023 · 51m · transcript

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A nithing pole event appears in Egils saga: "And when all was ready for sailing, Egil went up into the island. He took in his hand a hazel-pole, and went to a rocky eminence that looked inward to the mainland. Then he took a horse's head and fixed it on the pole. After that, in solemn form of curse, he thus spake: 'Here set I up a curse-pole, and this…