Chapter Twelve. Nails For The Dead: A Polysemic Account Of An Ancient Funerary Practice

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Silvia Alfayé Villa
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Magical Practice in the Latin West

Papers from the International Conference held at the University of Zaragoza, 30 Sept. – 1st Oct. 2005

Series:  Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, Volume: 168
Cover Magical Practice in the Latin West
E-Book ISBN:
9789047441397
Publisher:
Brill
Print Publication Date:
01 Jan 2010
Preliminary Material
Introduction
Chapter One. Magus And Its Cognates In Classical Latin
Chapter Two. Magic In The Roman Historians
Chapter Three. Heretical Texts And Maleficium In The Codex Theodosianus (Cth. 16.5.34)
Chapter Four. The Defixiones From The Sanctuary Of Isis And Mater Magna In Mainz
Chapter Five. Religion And Magic At Rome: The Fountain Of Anna Perenna
Chapter Six. The Texts From The Fons Annae Perennae
Chapter Seven. Cursing A Thief In Iberia And Britain
Chapter Eight. Prayers For Justice, East And West: New Finds And Publications Since 1990
Chapter Nine. How Does Magical Language Work? The Spells And Formulae Of The Latin Defixionum Tabellae
Chapter Ten. Inversion, Adversion And Perversion As Strategies In Latin Curse-Tablets
Chapter Eleven. Execrating The Roman Power: Three Defixiones From Emporiae (Ampurias)
Chapter Thirteen. Magic At Sea: Amulets For Navigation
Chapter Fourteen. A Prayer For Blessings On Three Ritual Objects Discovered At Chartres-Autricum (France/Eure-Et Loir)
Chapter Fifteen. Mithraism And Magic
Chapter Sixteen. A Visigothic Charm From Asturias And The Classical Tradition Of Phylacteries Against Hail
Chapter Seventeen. Between Orthodox Belief And ‘Superstition’ In Visigothic Hispania
Chapter Eighteen. Celtic Loricae And Ancient Magical Charms
General Index
Select Index Of Texts And Documents Cited
Index Of Latin Words
Select Index Of Greek Words

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