Ginfaxi
Ginfaxi is an Icelandic magical stave recorded in the Huld manuscript, compiled by Geir Vigfússon at Akureyri in 1860, and drawn to ensure victory over a rival in a contest or argument. In the tradition it is used together with the stave Gapaldur: Gapaldur is kept under the heel of the right foot and Ginfaxi under the toes of the left foot, so that the wearer wins bouts of Icelandic wrestling, glíma, and other competitions. The name echoes the horse-names of Norse myth such as Skinfaxi and Hrímfaxi, and a horse called Ginfaxi is attested in the sagas, though the stave itself is a folk-magic si