leechcraft

Question 1

what is magic

Answer 1

connected to everything, a power that can be used. comes from a divine source (can extract or channel it) witch hysteria has perverted

Question 2

where does magical “power” come from?

Answer 2

in witch hysteria it comes from hell
drawn from the natural world, many potential sources
can be imbued in an object

Question 3

is magic good or bad?

Answer 3

no, depends how you use it, and who is using it
eg. witches/magic bad to non-witches
“magic” is amalgum of abrahamic and pagan traditions

Question 4

leechbooks

Answer 4

compendia of recipes or spells used to heal (part magic, part herb-lore, part faith)

Question 5

leeches

Answer 5

practitioners of medicine (healers)

Question 6

elfshot

Answer 6

wasting illness without apparent cause

Question 7

elf charms

Answer 7

anglo saxon charms, believed to produce a desired result/effect on person/animal/environment

Question 8

what causes fevers in this context

Answer 8

devlish entities, exorcise “mean spirit” through ritual

Question 9

evil/wise woman is

Answer 9

precursor to witch, using power in evil way

Question 10

druids

Answer 10

educated class in iron age celtic societies. includes law speakers, poets, healers

Question 11

druid roles

Answer 11

advisory, mediatory, intercessory, medical

Question 12

metampsychosis

Answer 12

transmigration of soul after death into new body (human or animal)

Question 13

interpretatio graeca

Answer 13

interpreting through a greek lense

Question 14

druids and semnothei as aristotle relates in book on magic

Answer 14

philosophy originates among these celt and gaul men

Question 15

three social classes in gaul

Answer 15

druids (intelectuals)
equites (military caste)
the plebs (masses)

Question 16

druid organization in gaul described by cesar

Answer 16

all under one head, whom they hold in highest respect. Upon his death they vote or fight for next head

Question 17

druids and society decribed by caesar

Answer 17

they dont pay taxes, exempt from military service. study to be one

Question 18

how do druids relate to merlin in the arthurian cycle

Answer 18

druids are priests/magicians councelors to kings and other elite (very similar to what merlin does)

Question 19

cathbad

Answer 19

chief druid at court of king cochobar mac Nessa in celtic myth. prophesized that kings and lords would go to war for deirdre and three greatest warriors would go into exile for her sake

Question 20

Bodhmall

Answer 20

female druid, in boyhood deeds from Fjonn

Question 21

leechdoms include (syncretic)

Answer 21

indigenous belief, herb lore, and christian faith practice

Question 22

Ahmad Ibn Faflan

Answer 22

writes account of viking death ritual in 921
ritualized rape and murder of a slave girl, with a wise woman (crone) taking part