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Description: In this video I will show how the 2nd Merseberg charm, a magic spell from medieval Germany, proves that ancient Indo-Europeans also had special magical spells to keep their horses alive - by healing them. The examples I give come from a 19th century Swedish spell, an Irish spell from 1938 recorded in the archives of the folklore dept. at UCD, the second battle of Maige Tuired, and Book 4/12 of the Atharva-Veda. I also look at how the Norse used horses for black magic too - namely the níðstang or shame pole which requires a severed horse's head. Read more: survivethejive.blogspot.com/2019/08/horse-healing-magic-from-steppes.html This channel depends on your support: Patreon: patreon.com/survivethejive SubscribeStar: subscribestar.com/survive-the-jive Telegram: t.me/survivethejive Crypto: bit.ly/3ysmtvk VKNG: bit.ly/38b9otK Art: Odin heals Baldr's horse by Gramanh Folcwald twitter.com/GramanhFolcwald Andronovo chariot and vikings by Christian Sloan Hall deathlord.co.uk Music in order: theme song: Wolcensmen - Sunne quincas moreira - Dawn_of_Man Bark sound productions - Egd Stark Von Oben - Pan Doug Maxwell - Bansure raga Sean O Rourke - contentment is wealth Altyn Tuu - altai tuva Ormgård - Sjálfsforn