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53: Pesta: Ash-Faced and Silent: The Spirit of the Plague

53: Pesta: Ash-Faced and Silent: The Spirit of the Plague

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 This week we are visiting Pesta, the plague of 1349 in Norway. Pesta is a figure from Scandinavian folklore, particularly Norwegian legend, who personifies the Black Death, or plague. Often depicted as an old, haggard woman dressed in black or red, Pesta travels from village to village spreading disease. She typically carries either a broom or a rake, if she uses the rake, some people in the town survive; if she uses the broom, everyone dies.

Her presence is a harbinger of death, and tales of Pesta served as a way for communities to explain and personify the sudden and devastating outbreaks of plague during the Middle Ages. As a folkloric character, she reflects the deep fear and helplessness people felt in the face of such a deadly and mysterious illness, turning disease into a narrative that could be understood, told, and passed down through generations.

CITATIONS FOR THIS EPISODE:
Dahlmann, L. A. (n.d.). Folk tales | Pesta and the Black Death | Norway. Talk Norway., from https://talknorway.no/folk-tales-pesta-and-the-black-death-norway/

Lamkin, V. (2015, June 19). Seeks Ghosts: Scandinavians’ Mare and Pesta. Seeks Ghosts (Blog)., from https://seeksghosts.blogspot.com/

Story Crossroads. (2025, April 18). P = Pesta and the Traveling Farmer (Norway). Story Crossroads., from https://storycrossroads.org/

Haunt Heads. (2018, March 19). The Black Death: Folklore and the Plague [Blog post]. Haunt Heads: The podcast that goes bump in the night., from https://hauntheads.wordpress.com/
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