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| Title: | "Dei skar so månge skøre i ein kjeppe [...]" : om pinner med innskårne hakk funnet under kirkegulv |
| Authors: | Baklid, Herleik |
| Issue Date: | 2004 |
| Abstract: | Archaeological research under churches has unearthed a substantial and varied
range of finds. Among the numerous types of objects found are sticks with carved
notches. The function these sticks have had, and the reason why they are found
under the church floor, are discussed in this article. Around 35 of these sticks were
found under Uvdal stave church in Numedal and the old church at Bø, Telemark.
A little over half of the sticks in both churches were found under the choirs. Approximately half of the sticks have been dated, and most of these appear to have
been pushed through cracks in the church floor at some time during the latter half
of the 17th century or the 18th century. Furthermore, the number of notches on
the sticks varies between one and thirteen, and specks of blood have been found
on one. It has been determined that many of the sticks are of pinewood. Reasoning
by analogy from a consideration of magical folk medicine leads to a conclusion
that these sticks were most likely stuck into church ground with a therapeutic purpose, as a magical transfer of warts to the dead. The idea that the ground under
the church itself was a graveyard was a central element in this practice. |
| Keywords: | Kirker
Arkeologi
Uvdal stavkirke
Bø gamle kirke
Folkemedisin |
| Publisher: | Landslaget for lokalhistorie |
| Document type: | Journal article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2282/1004 |
| Appears in Collections: | Institutt for kultur- og humanistiske fag
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