Meaning of Rauðskinna | Babel Free

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A legendary Icelandic grimoire about black magic, which is said to have been buried with its author: the bishop Gottskálk grimmi Nikulásson.

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“This concerns Bishop Gottskalk the Grim and his powerful book of magic, the Rauðskinna (The Red Book, lit. “redskin”).”

“[…]but it seems much the same as another book often mentioned in the Icelandic magicians’ legends, the Rauðskinna (Redskin). Legend generally credits the authorship of the Rauðskinna to Gottskálk Nikulásson,[…]According to legend, he gathered together all the black spells, none of which had been used since heathen times, and compiled them as the Rauðskinna,[…]”

“The most famous and sinister of all these books was Rauðskinna (Red-Skin).[…]Rauðskinna is said to be a book of the blackest magic, drawn from the Heathen Age.”

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