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The Comparative Sigrdrífumál pink when a recipe calls forThe Comparative Sigrdrfuml: Historical rune magic, advice from a valkyrie, & a pagan prayer. Branch runes learn, if a healer wouldst be, And cure for wounds wouldst work; On the bark shalt thou write, and on trees that be With boughs to the eastward bent. Linguistically dated to the late pagan period of the Viking Age, Sigrdrfuml is a fascinating poem that features the voice of a valkyrie, here called Sigrdrfa (meaning victory driver; victory