Being afflicted by an evil spirit of the dead are usually categorized under the condition of Gastkramad in the Swedish trolldom tradition. The word gastkraming consists of the word Gast - Eng. "ghost" - and kramad - Eng. "hugged". So a litterar translation of this spiritual condition would be "hugged by a ghost". Â
On May 27, 1741 the famous Swedish botanist Carl von LinnaĂ©us wrote down this troll formula against gastkramning during this trip to Ăland;
WĂ„r Herre Chrest och Santa Peer
De ginge seg den wÀjen fram
SÄ möter dem en döer man
DÄ sa wÄr Herre Ä Santa Peer
Te den döa Mannen
Hwa ska du gÄ?
Den döa Mannen sa
Ja ska gĂ„ te N. â. [patientens namn]
Hwa ska du dÀr?
Sa wÄr Herre Ä Santa Peer.
Ja ska krysta honom sÄ hierta-bloet ska rotas
NĂ€j dĂ€ ska ja förwĂ€ira deiÂ
Ja ska lÀgga deke under stÄk och stojin
SÄ at du ska giöra ingen man mojin.
English translation;Â
Our Lord and Saint Peter
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