Alessandra Mastrangelo began researching Swedish folk magic in her native Italy, which then led to a doctoral thesis in Naples.
Now she is building the first comprehensive database of these magical texts.
Spells are a kind of poetry and poetry was born from magic, she tells Kulturnytt.
The research is being conducted at the Institute of Language and Folklore. The aim is to make the material available to the public and examine how the formulas have changed over time.
