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Seidjr Sei? r In Old Norse sei? r sometimes anglicized as seidhr seidh seidr seithr seith or seid was a type of magic which was practised in Norse society during the Late Scandinavian Iron Age The practice of sei? r is believed to be a form of magic which

Sei? r In Old Norse sei? r sometimes anglicized as seidhr seidh seidr seithr seith or seid was a type of magic which was practised in Norse society during the Late Scandinavian Iron Age The practice of sei? r is believed to be a form of magic which is related to both the telling and the shaping of the future Connected to the Old Norse religion its origins are largely unknown and the practice of it gradually declined after the Christianization of Scandinavia Accounts of sei? r later made it into sagas and other literary sources while further evidence of it has been unearthed by archaeologists Various scholars have debated the nature of sei? r some of them have argued that it was shamanic in context involving visionary journeys by its practitioners Sei? r practitioners were of both sexes although it appears that practicing it was considered a feminine trait with sorceresses being variously known as v lur sei? konur and vísendakona There were also accounts of male practitioners who were known as sei? menn but by practicing magic they brought a social taboo which was known as an ergi upon themselves and they were sometimes persecuted as a result In many cases these magical practitioners would have had assistants to aid them in their rituals In pre- Christian Norse mythology sei? r was associated with both the god Ó? inn a deity who was simultaneously responsible for war poetry and sorcery and the goddess Freyja a member of the Vanir who was believed to have taught the practice to the ? sir A depiction of Freyja Within Norse paganism Freyja was the deity primarily associated with sei? r In the th century adherents of various modern Pagan new religious movements adopted forms of magico-religious practice which include sei? r The practices of these contemporary sei? r-workers have since been investigated by various academic researchers who are operating in the ?eld of pagan studies Contents Terminology and etymology Old Norse literature Sagas Erik the Red Other sagas Practices Mythology Ó? inn and sei? r Freyja and sei? r Origins CSei? r and gender roles in Norse society Contemporary Paganism References Footnotes Bibliography Academic books and papers Non- academic sources Terminology and etymology Sei? r is believed to come from Proto-Germanic sai? az cognate with Lithuanian saitas 'tie tether' and Proto-Celtic soito- 'sorcery' giving Welsh hud Breton hud 'magic' all derived from Proto-Indo- European soi-to- 'string rope' ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root seH i- 'to bind' Related words in Old High German see German Saite used both in string instruments and in bows and Old English refer to 'cord string ' or 'snare cord halter' and there is a line in verse of the skaldic poem Ragnarsdrápa that uses sei? r in that sense However it is not clear how this derivation relates to the practice of sei? r It has been suggested that the use of a cord in attraction may be related to sei? r where attraction is one