Rauðskinna

English Alternative forms en Raudskinna Etymology en is Rauðskinna, from is rauður<t:red> skinn<t:skin> 1. en redskin. Proper noun ~ A legendary Icelandic grimoire about black magic, which is said to have been buried with its author: the bishop Gottskálk grimmi Nikulásson. en Einar Haugen 1967-12-01 Fire and Ice: Three Icelandic Plays University of Wisconsin Press 978-0-299-04484-8 20 https://books.google.com/books?id=UUBcAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA20 This concerns Bishop Gottskalk the Grim and his powerful book of magic, the Rauðskinna (The Red Book, lit. “redskin”). en Kevin J. Hayes 1997-07-31 Folklore and Book Culture University of Tennessee Press 978-0-87049-978-4 51 https://books.google.com/books?id=-_Q77yLPK9cC&pg=PA51 but it seems much the same as another book often mentioned in the Icelandic magicians’ legends, the Rauðskinna (Redskin). Legend generally credits the authorship of the Rauðskinna to Gottskálk Nikulásson,According to legend, he gathered together all the black spells, none of which had been used since heathen times, and compiled them as the Rauðskinna, en Stephen Flowers Stephen E. Flowers 2016-01-22 Icelandic Magic: Practical Secrets of the Northern Grimoires Inner Traditions – Bear & Company 978-1-62055-406-7 44 https://books.google.com/books?id=emAoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT44 The most famous and sinister of all these books was Rauðskinna (Red-Skin).Rauðskinna is said to be a book of the blackest magic, drawn from the Heathen Age. en en Books Iceland