Abracadabra « http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-abr1.htm | | Proposing a greek origin of the charm word. |
Abracadabra « http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/abracadabra.html | | Brief explanation of the cabbalistic inscription. |
Anglo-Saxon Charms « http://www2.hawaii.edu/~kjolly/unc.htm | | Translated by karen louise jolly in her 1996 book " popular religion in late saxon england: elf charms in context. " |
Charms Against Sprains « http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/spraincharm.html | | Recorded in the orkney and shetland islands during the nineteenth century. |
Hocus-pocus « http://www.quinion.com/words/weirdwords/ww-hoc1.htm | | The story behind the weird word " hocus-pocus" . |
Lithuanian Charms « http://www.lithuanian.net/mitai/charms.htm | | Charms against illnesses and evil spirits in english translation. |
Merseburg Incantations « http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/merseburg.html | | Two magic poems from pre-christian germany. |
The Merseburger Spells « http://www.boudicca.de/merse-e.htm | | Two germanic pre-christian spells found in a monastery in the german city of merseburg. |