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Runic prayer to Jord and Thor from 10th or 11th century

  • Folkish Odinism Dorset
  • Jun 25, 2019
  • 1 min read

The Kvinneby amulet was dug up in Sweden and is dated to the 10th or 11th century. It is an amulet with 143 runic inscriptions that translate as a solemn prayer to the Earth Goddess, referred to as 'Erka', 'Fold' and 'Undirgoð' (the god beneath) and her 'single son' Thor.


I here to Erka, the undergod of the world,

for me, Bófi, to save myself.

Earth, I am known to thee!

And may the lightning raiser help evil from Bófi.

May Þórr protect him with the hammer that smashes Ámr.

Go the sea, Ámr! Flee,

foul ill-wight! Get nothing from Bófi.

Gods are under him and over him.

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