Joseph S. Hopkins

Joseph S. Hopkins is an American writer, editor, and researcher. Hyldyr’s founder, Hopkins operates Mimisbrunnr.info, a resource that developed out of a reading group at the University of Georgia's Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies, and edits the University of Helsinki’s RMN Newsletter.

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Hyldyr, Lady Elder Tree, Joseph S. Hopkins, Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen

Lady Elder Tree

Hyldyr, Lady Elder Tree, Joseph S. Hopkins, Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen

No other plant is more associated with witchcraft in parts of northern and western Europe than the elder tree (Sambucus nigra).

Hyldyr, Lady Elder Tree, Joseph S. Hopkins, Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen

Hyldyr, The Elder Futhark, Jacqui Alberts, Joseph S. Hopkins

The Elder Futhark

Hyldyr, The Elder Futhark, Jacqui Alberts, Joseph S. Hopkins

The Elder Futhark is a unique alphabet developed and used by speakers of early Germanic languages in large areas of Europe.

Hyldyr, The Elder Futhark, Jacqui Alberts, Joseph S. Hopkins

Hyldyr, Joseph S. Hopkins, The Merseburg Spells

The Merseburg Spells

Hyldyr, Joseph S. Hopkins, The Merseburg Spells

In 1841, German historian Georg Waitz was leafing through a series of manuscripts in what is now Merseburg, Germany. There he discovered what would seen be known as some of the most important items in ancient Germanic studies: two brief pieces of Old High German alliterative verse, a traditional variety of poetry associated with speakers of ancient Germanic languages from at least the early 400s.

Hyldyr, Joseph S. Hopkins, The Merseburg Spells

Hyldyr, Joseph S. Hopkins, Jacqui Alberts, The Little Book of Viking Age Symbols, Mathias Nordvig

The Little Book of Viking Age Symbols

Hyldyr, Joseph S. Hopkins, Jacqui Alberts, The Little Book of Viking Age Symbols, Mathias Nordvig

More referenced than ever in today’s popular culture, the Viking Age was a complex and vibrant period of history that left behind an incredibly lush landscape of imagery and literature. Yet navigating this material can be complex and difficult.

Hyldyr, Joseph S. Hopkins, Jacqui Alberts, The Little Book of Viking Age Symbols, Mathias Nordvig

Hyldyr, Joseph S. Hopkins, Nigon Wyrta Galdor, Rim Baudey, Anneke Wilder, Topic: Plant Magic

Nigon Wyrta Galdor: The Nine Herbs Charm

Hyldyr, Joseph S. Hopkins, Nigon Wyrta Galdor, Rim Baudey, Anneke Wilder, Topic: Plant Magic

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.

Hyldyr, Joseph S. Hopkins, Nigon Wyrta Galdor, Rim Baudey, Anneke Wilder, Topic: Plant Magic

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