Cursed Soul - Magpie

The magpie is the soul of a witch or a magician of any gender who knows the dark arts, but also souls of dead people clinging to the mortal World also take on the form of the magpie.

She tries to speak foul dark magic rhymes, that is why she talks so much.

Like most of Odins birds she(or he) is meanspirited and aggressive, but she does not attack humans who get in her way like the raven. She has, of course, the Power to foretell the future and can also travel between the underworld and the mortal World. However she often tries to curse predetors and strangers that come Close to her nest, so having a magpie-nest near your house is convinient, should danger approach.

If you hang her body from the roof in your stables or your bedroom it will scare off the terrible Mare. However hunting her is dangerous and brings misfortune. Also if you wish to shoot her, you must hit her her at your first try or your weapon will be cursed to Always miss.

Please also see the swallow, raven and crow.