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Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH Natur - Mythos - Religion Im Antiken Griechenland
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Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH Fremde Religion in Herodots 'Historien':
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Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH Devotio Malefica: Die Antiken Verfluchungen
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Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH Antike Ritualmagie: Die Rituale Der Agyptischen
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£135.93
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Entre Dieux Et Hommes: Anges, Demons Et Autres
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£107.35
Dr Ludwig Reichert Agyptens Schone Gesichter: Die Mumienmasken Der
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£156.75
Universitatsverlag Winter Stimmen Der Gotter: Orakel Und Ihre Rezeption Von
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£54.15
Universitatsverlag Winter Penser Et Etre Dieu: Essais Sur l'Enseignement de
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Ugarit Verlag Griechischer Mythos Und Der Orient: Studien Zu
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J.H.Roll Verlag The Meroitic Inscriptions of Qasr Ibrim, III:
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£168.15
J.H.Roll Verlag Gotter Und Menschen Auf Der Seite Des Konigs: In
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J.H.Roll Verlag Die Zweite Gottheit in Den Ritualszenen Der
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Ergon Reinheit Und Autoritat in Den Kulturen Des
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Zaphon Inszenierung Von Herrschaft Und Macht Im
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£149.15
Zaphon The Meaning of Sacred Names and Babylonian
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£182.80
Zaphon Ceremonies, Feasts and Festivities in Ancient
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Zaphon Dying and Rising Gods
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Trivent Publishing Nemo Non Metuit: Magic in the Roman World
Book SynopsisNemo Non Metuit has the ambitious goal of discussing some of the fundamental themes in the development of the idea of magic, in all its facets, in the long chronological span of the Roman world, between the 8th century BCE and the 5th century CE. At the same time, this volume is the result of a team effort that has brought together both accomplished scholars and young researchers at the beginning of their scholarly careers. Altogether, this ample work is the result of a synergy that brought together different approaches to the study of Roman magic. The broad content of this volume includes studies on magical gems of Etruscan, Greek and Phoenician background; curse tablets; amulets targeting malaria; erotic spells; the use of veneficia or poisons for magical purposes; judicial prayers in Roman Britain; witches in the literary tradition; the role of women in the matter of magic and divination; the figure of the "Orphic witch" in the age of Augustus; sorcerers and rivals of Jesus Christ; early-Christian sermons against magic and superstition; the fight of late-antique Church against magical powers. By addressing such a diverse spectrum of topics, this volume aims to challenge traditional views and open new paths of interpretation in the reconstruction of a long-term cultural-historical object such as magic in connection to the Roman civilization.Trade ReviewMagic in Western antiquity existed within a social and cultural context quite different from the subsequent Christian-dominated cultures of medieval and early modern Europe. Yet ancient ideas of magic and stereotypes about various kinds of magical practitioners profoundly influenced later conceptions. The essays collected in this volume all properly set Roman magical beliefs and practices in their own specific contexts. The volume as a whole, however, also looks forward, positioning Roman magic as an essential basis from which later beliefs and practices either developed or in many cases were consciously reshaped in light of the received authority of Roman models.These essays span the full range of magic's history in the Roman world, from real practices performed via physical objects that we can in some cases still hold in our hands today (gems, curse tablets) to literary constructions that exerted tremendous force on both contemporary and subsequent imaginings about how magic operated and who magicians were supposed to be. Focus falls on the imperial center and on the provinces, and extends chronologically from Rome's own appropriation of the magical practices of earlier cultures to the critical metamorphosis that ideas about magic underwent in late antiquity, as Christian beliefs became dominant across the classical world. With this breadth, the volume provides an excellent introduction to Roman magic and an essential basis for those interested in magic in later periods as well." —Michael D. Bailey, Iowa State UniversityTable of Contents CHAPTER 1 Magical Gems. A Roman development of Etruscan, Greek and Phoenician scarab amulets (8th – 5th c. BCE) — Ronaldo G. Gurgel Pereira CHAPTER 2 Change and Continuity in Curse Tablets from the Roman World — Charlotte Spence CHAPTER 3 Pursuing Health by Pursuing Disease. The Use of Spells and Amulets to Address Malaria in Roman Antiquity — Yvette Hunt CHAPTER 4 "Erotic" Spells, Stalking, and the Exclusus Amator in Ancient Rome — Elizabeth Ann Pollard CHAPTER 5 Magic to steal, magic to love, magic to heal: veneficia, defixiones, devotiones in the Naturalis historia by Plinius the Elder — Alfredo Viscomi CHAPTER 6 Cursing Patterns and Religious Belief. Studying the Prevalence of "Judicial Prayers" in Roman Britain — Madeline Line CHAPTER 7 How Lucan Kills Magic. Magic and the vates in Book Six of Lucan's Bellum Civile — Caolán Mac An Aircinn CHAPTER 8 Abjection and Anxiety: The Metamorphosis of the Roman Literary Witch — Nicole Kimball CHAPTER 9 Foreseeing the Future: The Role of Women between Magic and Divination — Angelica Flandoli CHAPTER 10 Orpheus and the Evolution of the Roman Witch — Britta Ager CHAPTER 11 Memories of Apollonius of Tyana: Sorcerer, Holy Man and Rival of Jesus Christ — Semíramis Corsi Silva CHAPTER 12 Si Crimina Demas: Necromancy in Roman Literature and Statius' Transgressive Manto — Anna Everett Beek CHAPTER 13 The Magic of Isis-Fortuna in Apuleius' Metamorphoses — Ashli Baker CHAPTER 14 Pagan and Christian Identities in the Later Roman Empire: Maximus of Turin and His Sermons on Magic and Superstition — Fabrizio Conti CHAPTER 15 A World Imbued with Sorcery? The Fight between Christian and non-Christian Powers in Fourth- and Fifth-Century Christendom — Andrea Maraschi
£116.10
Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. Shiva
Book SynopsisIn this book, read three stories from Shiva''s adventure-filledife. Find out the tale behind the origin of the river Ganga and what role Shiva had to play in it; how the Shivaingam avatar of Shiva came about and how Shiva destroyed three demons with one arrow. Beautifully retold by Subhadra Sen Gupta and accompanied by Tapas Guha''s magnificent illustrations, this book will beoved by every child.
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Edaf Antillas Corpus Hermeticum
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100 LEYENDAS DE LA MITOLOGIA JAPONESA
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Museum Tusculanum Press Lay Belief in Norse Society 1000-1350
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Museum Tusculanum Press Lotus and Laurel: Studies on Egyptian Language
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Museum Tusculanum Press Rethinking Religion: Studies in the Hellenistic
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University Press of Southern Denmark Oracular Tales in Pausanias
Book SynopsisPausanias'' Description of Greece is the only or at least the most important source to more than 60 percent of the oracular tales. This makes the work crucial to everybody, who wishes to study the oracular tales in the form they have been handed down to us in the antique written sources, In Oracular Tales in Pausanias a study of the collected oracular tales in Pausanias'' Description of Greece is made available for the first time. Up until now, research into the history of oracles has emphasised either the archaeology of the oracle sites of the degree of authenticity of the oracular responses. The present book provides a new approach by not only focusing on the god''s oracular response, but also by viewing the entire oracle consultation as a narrative with a certain narrative structure, which makes it possible to view oracular tales as a specific, orally transmitted literary genre.
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Brill Athena in the Classical World
Book SynopsisAmong ancient Greek deities, none has enjoyed as rich a life as Athena - goddess of war, wisdom and the arts - and she continues to fascinate and challenge today. This volume sheds light on the goddess more comprehensively than has previously been attempted. It brings together the latest research, centring on Greek and Roman religion, literature and archaeology, yet also encompassing ancient Near Eastern, Indo-European, and modern interpretations. Cults and myths are explored, as are political, social, and gendered roles, and art historical and etymological developments. Recurrent themes are investigated, as are the many dividing lines and contradictory aspects which characterise representations of the goddess. The volume will enhance our understanding of Athena, and will be a source of inspiration for new ideas and interpretations for years to come.
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Peeters Publishers Religious Excitement in Ancient Anatolia: Cult
Book SynopsisThis book provides a detailed insight into the typology, characteristics and conceptual and iconographic elements of the solar and lunar divinities of Asia Minor. It has a special focus on native or indigenised cults. Furthermore, Anatolian divinities are studied not only in the Roman, but also during the incipient phases of these cults. The main topics include issues of polymorphism, polyonymy and the specific cultural adaptations of the Anatolian deities, the world of the gods, that of mortals and the relations between dedicators and divinities. The first part studies the origin of the name and of the divinity, an attempt to determine the area of dessemination, epithets, attributes, identifications with other gods, myths and the associated divinities, as well as symbolism and iconographical elements. The second part features the economic life of the temples, the organisation of the sacred space, the nature of the priesthood and the categories of dedicators, association patterns, age and kinship, and the alterations that occurred during this period in the perception of the divine world both in the Anatolian area and throughout the Roman empire. In the last part of the volume the reader can find useful information regarding the typology of inscriptions used by the author and the means of communication between the divine world and the terrestrial one.
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Peeters Publishers Études d'histoire biblique
Book SynopsisLes études présentées dans ce volume sont basées sur les cours et conférences d’histoire et d’archéologie bibliques donnés par l’auteur de 1986 à 2020. La bibliographie de ces années figure au début du volume, faisant suite à celle des années 1958-1995, parue dans la même série, OLA 65. Le premier chapitre présente les rapports de l’Égypte antique avec Canaan, Israël et Juda durant deux millénaires, divisés selon les périodes de l’histoire égyptienne qui font découvrir des ancêtres des tribus israélites en Cisjordanie, Transjordanie et au Nord de la Péninsule Sinaïtique, bien avant les données bibliques. Par exemple, la Maison de Joseph, connue plus tard comme Éphraïm, apparaît dès les XIXe et XVIIIe siècles av.n.è., tout comme la tribu de Siméon, dans les Textes d’Exécration du Moyen Empire, dirigés contre des princes et des tribus dont on pouvait craindre l’inimitié. Jérusalem est alors mentionnée quatre fois. Chapitre II compare divers aspects du droit biblique au droit de l’antique Mésopotamie. Le droit familial vient notamment en ligne de compte avec l’avortement, la sodomie, l’inceste, l’adultère. Des exemples de lois cultuelles sont présentés ensuite et un paragraphe de l’ouvrage de Maïmonide, «Le guide des Égarés», est analysé. Chapitre III traite ensuite du mariage, divorce et lévirat en se basant sur la législation biblique et sur les documents de l’époque gréco-romaine trouvés à Qumrân et dans le Désert de Juda. Chapitre IV examine les actes de mariage judéo-araméens d’Éléphantine, provenant de la colonie militaire du Ve siècle av.n.è., où nombre de documents bien conservés ont été retrouvés. Le développement de l’idéologie royale est présenté au Chapitre V depuis les cas exceptionnels de la divinité du roi au Ps. 45,7 et Éz. 28 jusqu’au choix divin de la dynastie de David et le messianisme. Le chapitre suivant traite de la situation sociale de l’esclave qui peut être très différente selon son sexe, sa nationalité ou la période où il vivait. Le prophétisme sous ses différents aspects est examiné au Chapitre VII. Il ne s’agit pas d’une revue des écrits prophétiques de la Bible, mais du prophète vu par l’historien. Chapitre VIII traite en particulier de l’histoire quelque peu compliquée des tribus de Transjordanie, tandis que Chapitre IX dresse une brève histoire des Édomites, vivant au sud de Juda. L’histoire générale d’Israël et de Juda n’est pas traitée directement dans ce volume, car elle a fait l’objet des deux ouvrages récents de la même série, OLA 275 et OLA 287.
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Peeters Publishers Suffering in Babylon: Ludlul bel nemeqi and the
Book SynopsisSuffering in Babylon comprises a series of studies on Ludlul bel nemeqi. Part One examines the modern scholarship surrounding the poem’s textual reconstruction and translation. Ludlul exists today as a composite text, pieced together over the last 180 years from dozens of cuneiform tablets and fragments from various archaeological sites. With these disparate sources, Assyriologists have reconstructed three quarters of the poem’s original text, which is here translated anew with extensive epigraphic and philological notes. Part Two explores the historical contexts of the poem and its reception among first-millennium scribes. Whether the poem’s protagonist is the historical Subsi-mesrê-Sakkan or not, his experiences as described in the poem provide insight into the worldview and concerns of the ancient scholars among whom the poem’s author was counted, likely from the ranks of the exorcists. The protagonist’s experience with divine revelation sheds light on those scholars’ divinatory worldview. The anatomical and pathological vocabulary used to describe his suffering compares well to the vocabulary in exorcism texts. The ritual failures he experiences reflect the poem’s institutional agenda. And the structure and language of his first person account shows intertextual connections with incantation prayers, a genre distinctive to exorcism. The poem’s subsequent incorporation into various scribal curricula and tablet collections demonstrates the poem’s cultural stature among first-millennium scribes, who wrote a commentary on Ludlul and used the text in the creation of others. Part Three offers a comparative study that bridges the ancient and modern scholarly horizons. Drawing on both ancient and modern scholarship, it compares the protagonist’s experience of the alû demon with the clinical condition known today as sleep paralysis. The book’s underlying goal is to illustrate the potential of a multi-perspectival approach to Akkadian literature that acknowledges the contexts of both ancient and modern scholars involved in producing meaningful readings of this ancient literary gem.
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Stockholm University Press The Hostages of the Northmen: From the Viking Age
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Prakash Books Illustrated Tales from Indian Mythology
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HarperCollins India Mahagatha: Puranon se 100 kahaniyan
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Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project Herrschaftswissen in Mesopotamien: Forman der
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Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project La Magie neo-assyrienne en Contexte: Recherches
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Independently Published Don Nicanor Ochoa: Oraciones de Invocación Para
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Althea Press The Door to Witchcraft: A New Witch's Guide to
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Casemate Publishers Archaeology of Symbols: ICAS I: Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Archaeology of Symbols
Book SynopsisThis third volume in the Material Religion in Antiquity series stems from the First International Congress on the Archaeology of Symbols (ICAS I) that took place in Florence in May 2022. The archaeological process of reconstructing and understanding our past has undergone several reassessments in the last century, producing an equal number of new perspectives and approaches. The recent materiality turn emphasizes the necessity to ground those achievements in order to build fresh avenues of interpretation and reach new boundaries in the study of the human kind and its ecology. Symbols must not be conceived only as allegory but also, and perhaps mainly, as reason (raison d'etre) and meaning (culture). They may be considered key elements leading to interpretation, not only in their physical manifestation but by being infused with the gestures, beliefs and intentions of their creators, created in a specific context and with a specific chaine operatoire. In this volume a variety of case studies is offered, representing disparate ancient cultures in the Mediterranean and central Europe and the Near East. The thread that connects them revolves around the prominence of symbols and allegorical aspects in archaeology, whether they are considered as expressions of iconographic evidence, material culture or ritual ceremonies, seen from a multicultural perspective. This (and subsequent ICAS) volumes, therefore, aims to embrace all the different aspects pertaining to symbols in archaeology in a specific 'place', allowing the reader to deepen their knowledge of such a fascinating and multifaceted topic, by looking at it from a multicultural perspective.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Guido Guarducci, Nicola Laneri, and Stefano Valentini Symbols in Currents or Strings of Energy: Ian Hodder Some Remarks about the Representation of the Cupping-Vessel ( /cucurbita) in the Ancient World: Maria Angeles Alonso Alonso Abstract Depictions of Animals on Late Bronze Swords from East Georgia: Simone Arnhold, Shorena Davitashvili A Comparison between Philistine/Canaanite and Judean Iconography during the Iron Age II: David Ben-Shlomo Reflection of a Soul? Mirror-Linked Symbolism in Early Nomadic Burials (Southern Urals, Russia): Natalia Berseneva, Margaryan Kseniya The Physical Materiality of the Divine and Its Symbols: The Case of Sarapis' Attributes in Hellenistic Egypt: Efstathia Dionysopoulou Ritual and Symbolism in the Matiate Underground City: Durmus Ersun The Architectural System of the Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara: Its Symbolic Expression Between Social and Semiotic Sphere: Massimiliano Franci Icon - Index - Symbol. Experiencing Material Signs through Ancient Figurines: Regine Hunziker-Rodewald, Andrei Aioanei The Human Hand as a Symbol in Ancient Egyptian Thought: Christos Kekes Feminine Symbolism in the Iconography of 'Luristan Bronzes': Zahra Kouzehgari Images and Symbols of 12th c. BC Pictorial Pottery from Cyprus: Anna Lekka Insights from the Philistine 'Symbol-Scape' on Philistine Origins and Social Structure: Aren Maeir Deer Symbolism in the Kura-Araxes Culture: A View from the Village of Kvatskhelebi, Georgia: Sarit Paz Network of Symbolisms in a Private Tomb in Ancient Thebes: Maria Violeta Pereyra, Mariano Bonanno Is it the Hairstyle? Female Figurines with Hairdo in the Context of the 6th Millennium BC Imagery of the Southern Levant: Dina Shalem, Ianir Milevski, Nimrod Getzov, Ehud Galili, Anat Cohen-Weinberber
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Crossed Crow Books Travels Through Middle Earth: The Path of a Saxon Pagan
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Crossed Crow Books Witchcraft & the Shamanic Journey
Book SynopsisThis beautifully written book will show seekers of the magical arts how to reclaim the old traditions of our pagan ancestors, which, as this book will show, were heavily rooted in shamanism. Kenneth Johnson takes the reader on a journey far into the past where these shamanistic practices of medieval and Renaissance European people can be explored while simultaneously teaching the working Witch how to incorporate these older traditions into their own magical practice. Included in this book are explorations of the mystical otherworld, instructions on how to discover one''s Tree of Power, methods of entering the World Mountain to gain wisdom, an in-depth overview of folkloric initiatory practices, the folklore of the Wild Hunt, and much more.
£17.99
