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Runes, Yews, and Magic
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Runes, Yews, and Magic, R.W.V. Elliott's 1957 article in Speculum, is a peer-reviewed philological study of the association between runes, yew trees and magic in Old Germanic tradition, confirmed against the journal's own volume 32 record. Its strength is that it is a foundational, still widely cited article in runic studies from a leading medieval studies journal. Its limit is that it is now nearly seventy years old, and later runological scholarship has refined some of its specific philological arguments.
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AuthorR. W. V. Elliott
PublisherSpeculum 32:2, Medieval Academy of America, pp. 250 to 261
Publication Year1957
URLhttps://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Journals/Speculum/32/2/Runes_Yews_and_Magic*.html
Source Typepeer-reviewed article
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Reliability Tier1
Reliability tier 1: a peer reviewed article in Speculum, a leading medieval studies journal, confirmed against the journal's own volume record, foundational and still widely cited in its field though now nearly seventy years old. NotesPeer-reviewed philological study of runes, yew trees and magic in Old Germanic tradition, Speculum, 1957.
Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)
This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
- Runes, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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