The Nine Plants Spell:
NIGON WYRTA GALDOR

Rendered & discussed by Joseph S. Hopkins
with art by Rim Baudey & Anneke Wilder

Front cover of the book "The Nine Plants Spell: Nigon Wyrta Galdor"
Back cover of "Nigon Wyrta Galdor: The Nine Plants Spell"
Title page of the "The Nine Plants Spell: Nigon Wyrta Galdor"
Two pages from "The Nine Plants Spell: Nigon Wyrta Galdor"
Two pages from "The Nine Plants Spell: Nigon Wyrta Galdor"
Two pages from "The Nine Plants Spell: Nigon Wyrta Galdor" including a depiction of chamomile by Anneke Wilder
Two pages from "The Nine Plants Spell: Nigon Wyrta Galdor" including an illustration of a tapestry tree motif by Rim Baudey
Two pages from "The Nine Plants Spell: Nigon Wyrta Galdor" including discussion of two plants, nettle and crab apple
Photograph of a copy of "The Nine Plants Spell"

Vibrantly animistic and remarkably hypnotic, Nigon Wyrta Galdor—the so-called Nine Herbs Charm—is an Old English healing galdor that invokes nine personified plants and the pagan god Woden to defeat a serpent before exploding in a psychedelic climax.

One of the most mysterious items in the Old English corpus, and originally sang, chanted, or otherwise performed to treat an unknown malady, philologist Joseph S. Hopkins’s new translation of Nigon Wyrta Galdor provides a rare window into a living landscape from a lost time, dripping with mysticism and mystery, humming with life.

Introduced by Danielle Cudmore (Halmstad University, Sweden) and featuring illustrations by Rim Baudey and Anneke Wilder.

New to the second edition is new art from Rim Baudey and several new essays, including a dual edition of the text, making it over double the size of the first edition.

—————

A UNIQUE, APPROACHABLE, & ILLUSTRATED EDITION
INTENDED TO BE READ
ALOUD OUTDOORS

—————

First edition limited to 333 hand-numbered copies
41 pages. 5x7. Published by Hyldyr.
Printed in the USA and/or Canada
SOLD OUT
(Check your local stockists for this rare item)

—————

Second edition limited to 600 hand-numbered copies
107 pages. 5x7. Published by Hyldyr
Printed in the USA and/or Canada
NOW AVAILABLE

—————

See Also

Cover of "The Little Book of Viking Age Symbols" by Alberts, Hopkins, & Nordvig
Cover of "Lady Elder Tree" by Hopkins & Hjarnø Rasmussen
Cover of "The Elder Futhark: The Oldest Runes" by Alberts & Hopkins
Cover of "Voluspá" by Mathias Nordvig
Cover of "The Roots of the Mountain: Part I" by William Morris