Curse Tablets and Binding Spells From the Ancient World

Zusatztext This welcome reprint in paperback format will make the study more widely available Klappentext 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. Here, for the first time, these texts have been translated into English with a substantial translator's introduction revealing the cultural, social, and historical context for the texts. This book will interest historians, classicists, scholars of religion, and those concerned with ancient magic. Zusammenfassung In the ancient Graeco-Roman world, an enemy or rival was cursed by writing an incantation down, and dedicating it to a god or spirit. More than a thousand such texts are translated here. An introduction supplies the full cultural, social and historical context for the thematically arranged texts.

Product details

• Authors: John G. Gager
• Assisted by: Gager (Editor), John G. Gager (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.1999
• EAN: 9780195134827
• ISBN: 978-0-19-513482-7
• No. of pages: 294
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Esoterics: general, reference works; HISTORY / Ancient / General, RELIGION / Wicca, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, RELIGION / Ancient, General & world history, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, General and world history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient religions & mythologies, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Occult Studies, Ancient religions and Mythologies, Occult studies / Supernatural studies