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Necropants are a gruesome and unsettling method that a sorcerer used to get rich in old Iceland. With agreement prior to death, the sorcerer exhumed the corpse of a man and flayed its skin, in one piece, from the waist down. After tanning, the sorcerer donned the skin like a pair of pants. He then stole a coin and placed it in the natural ‘purse’ of the necropants: the cavity formed by the scrotum. This reputedly attracted more coins and hence the sorcerer became wealthy. Before his death, the sorcerer had to pass the necropants to another. He did this by having the new owner place his right leg in one side of the pants whilst the sorcerer still has his left leg in the other. In this way, the power of the pants would pass from one individual to another. The Museum of Witchcraft and Sorcery in Iceland has a pair of necropants on display. They resemble the preserved skin of the bog bodies and hint at beliefs that may have their roots in very ancient times.
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