Curse tablets and binding spells from the ancient world /
In the ancient Greco-Roman world, it was common practice to curse or bind an enemy or rival by writing an incantation on a tablet and dedicating it to a god or spirit. These curses or binding spells, commonly called defixiones were intended to bring other people under the power and control of those...
| Други автори: | Gager, John G. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York ; Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
1992.
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Curse tablets and binding spells from the ancient world. |
Съдържание:
- Competition in theater and circus
- Sex, love, and marriage
- Tongue-tied in court: legal and political disputes
- Businesses, shops, and taverns
- Please for justice and revenge
- Miscellaneous tablets
- Antidotes and counterspells
- Testimonies.