Historiolae

Historiola

Historiola

Incantation incorporating a short mythic story

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The historiola is a modern term for a kind of incantation incorporating a short mythic story that provides the paradigm for the desired magical action.[1] [2] It can be found in ancient Mesopotamian,[3] Egyptian[4] and Greek mythology, in the Aramaic Uruk incantation, incorporated in Mandaean incantations,[5][6][7] as well as in Jewish kabbalah.[8][9] There are also Christian examples evoking Christian legends.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Fritz Graf, "Historiola", in Brill’s New Pauly. Consulted online on 29 December 2020.
  2. [2]
    Faraone, Christopher (1988). "Hermes but No Marrow: Another Look at a Puzzling Magical Spell". Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik. 72: 279–286. JSTOR 20186827.
  3. [3]
    Ceravolo, Marinella (2022). L'historiola nella Mesopotamia antica. Mito, rito e performatività. Rome: Bulzoni. ISBN 978-88-6897-284-4.
  4. [4]
    Frankfurter, David (1995). "Narrating Power: The Theory and Practice of the Magical Historiola in Ritual Spells". In Meyer, Marvin; Mirecki, Paul (eds.). Ancient Magic and Ritual Power. E. J. Brill. ISBN 0-8014-2550-6.
  5. [5]
    Müller-Kessler, Christa (1996). "The Story of Bguzan-Lilit, Daughter of Zanay-Lilit". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 116 (2): 185–195. doi:10.2307/605694. JSTOR 605694.
  6. [6]
    Müller-Kessler, Christa (1999). "Aramäische Beschwörungen und astronomische Omina in nachbabylonischer Zeit: Das Fortleben mesopotamischer Kultur im Vorderen Orient." In Johannes Renger (ed.), Babylon: Focus Mesopotamischer Geschichte, Wiege früher Gelehrsamkeit, Mythos in der Moderne. 2. Internationales Colloquium der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft, Berlin 1998. Saarbrücken: SDV, pp. 432–443. ISBN 3-930843-54-4
  7. [7]
    Müller-Kessler, Christa (2017). "Zauberschalen und ihre Umwelt. Ein Überblick über das Schreibmedium Zauberschale". In Kamran, Jens; Schäfer, Rolf; Witte, Markus (eds.). Zauber und Magie im antiken Palästina und in seiner Umwelt. Abhandlungen des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins, 46. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, pp. 77–84. ISBN 978-3-447-10781-5
  8. [8]
    Naveh, Joseph; Shaked, Shaul (1985). Amulets and Magic Bowls: Aramaic Incantations of Late Antiquity. Jerusalem: Magnes Press, pp. 111–124. ISBN 965-223-531-8
  9. [9]
    Swartz, Michael D. (1996). Scholastic Magic: Ritual and Revelation in Early Jewish Mysticism. Princeton: Princeton University Press. pp. 198–199. OCLC 884012615. Retrieved 14 December 2014.


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