The legend of Necropants was passed down orally for generations before anyone wrote it down. Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin, The Father of Modern Magic Who Stopped a Revolt with His Abilities.Say the Magic Word: The Origins of Abracadabra and Other Magical Mutterings.Secrets of Magic in Modern Paganism Revealed.More fiction than fact has been spread about this strange tool from Iceland’s past – but there is a little dark glimmer of reality to the legends of the pants made out of human flesh. A few years back, they enjoyed a short-lived viral celebrity, being shared in sensational stories that make ancient Iceland sound like a place full of dark sorcerers draped in the skin of the dead.īut just how true are these stories? Did anyone ever really wear necropants? You may have seen a picture of the pants before. They called them Nábrók, or necropants - a type of dark magic that was supposed to bring the wearer unlimited wealth. Legend has it that Icelandic sorcerers would tear the skin off of a dead friend’s body and clothe themselves in their flesh. A museum in Iceland is home to the only known pair of necropants: pants made out of human skin.
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