# Carta Marina

"Carta marina et descriptio septentrionalium terrarum"

Olaus Magnus 1527–39

Folkbeskrivning i "Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus" Rom 1555

1886 Oscar Brenner upptäcker vid Hof- und Staatsbibliothek München

1961 i Schweiz -> Uppsala Universitetsbibliotek

## A - island

dvärg

> The little dwarf fearlessly attacks his bigger opponent and triumphs in his victory, for at every opportunity he assaults taller men with no less courage than if he could boast of a giant’s might and so have the upper hand

"here be dragons"

## B - Norge/Sverige

Dankskarna (Dani) blir sänkta av oväsen

Hushållshjälp av demoner (runt Mora)

> in the regions under the Seven Stars, in other words the North . . . demons, with unspeakable derision and in diverse shapes, express their encouragement to people who live in those parts; and indeed they also do them injury, that is, by overturning their houses, killing their cattle, destroying their fields, and ruining their castles and watercourses in every way"

Sami jagar

> Here you may see a woman, her hair loose, aiming arrows; nor is it any wonder, because those who live under the celestial Pole find in the huge compass of their forests such rich abundance of game that the men alone would not suffice to hunt them down if their womenfolk did not race to their sides. Therefore the women join the chase with the same swiftness as the men, perhaps even with greater

Gulo - Järv

> its furious meal makes its torso swell like a drum. Afterwards it finds a narrow space between trees and squeezes itself through, in order to discharge its bowels forcibly

## C - Finland / Rysland

Sami handlar med Ryssarna , yxor och sax mot skinn och olja

## D - Havet

Havssvin (K)

## E Syd-norge

"Vacca Marina" - Havsko

> The outer hoof of the back right foot of a male elk that has not sired, cut from the live animal with an axe or removed by some other instrument after mid-August, will promptly cure convulsions or epilepsy if it is applied to the afflicted person

## F

Bäver

> "They march off in droves to fell timber, which they chop away with their teeth. Then they transport the logs back to their dens in an incredible manner. They make a wagon of one of their pack who is a useless worker, indolent, slothful, or frail with age, or in particular one who is a fugitive from another colony, by laying him feet upwards with his back on the ground. The logs are set and arranged between his hips and legs, and then they haul him along to their small dwellings, where the wood is unloaded

## I

Björn

> The sweetness of honey makes it pay little heed to bee stings, since the severe wounds inflicted by the bees on its face alleviate any excess of blood in its body