Book 3, Chapter 17. On Magic Utensils in Bothnia. The secret chamber of a Wizard in the Swedish province of Norrbotten. The wizard has manufactured a magic snake and a toad of copper at the anvil. This magic work has sent into a trance. His right hand is resting on a skull. Above him stands his wife, guarding him. A dragon is also seen near the window. Olaus Magnus (October 1490, August 1, 1557) was a Swedish writer and Catholic ecclesiastic. He is best remembered as the author of the famous Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus (A Description of the Northern Peoples), printed in Rome 1555, a patriotic work of folklore and history. | |
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