Magical Obstetrics: Anubis, Bird Blood, and a Black Shrew

IF 0.6 1区历史学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY

JOURNAL OF NEAR EASTERN STUDIES Pub Date : 2022-04-01 DOI:10.1086/718783

Andrea L. Winkler

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Abstract

If not explained, magical writings can be obscure to a modern audience. Often, however, the reader of a grimoire is informed about the purpose of a specific incantation by an explanatory caption. This is a common feature in Demotic magical papyri and numerous Coptic and Greek works of a similar kind.1 One such case is the Demotic O.Stras.Dem. 1338,2 which is introduced by a heading clarifying the intent of the invocation of various deities mentioned in the text.3 Individual applications of spells, as can be found for example on

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如果不加以解释，魔法作品对现代读者来说可能是晦涩难懂的。然而，魔法书的读者通常会通过解释说明来了解特定咒语的用途。这是Demotic魔法纸莎草和许多科普特和希腊的类似作品的共同特征其中一个例子就是民主党。1338,2，这是由一个标题引入的，澄清了案文中提到的各种神灵的召唤的意图咒语的个别应用，例如可以在

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期刊介绍： Devoted to an examination of the civilizations of the Near East, the Journal of Near Eastern Studies has for 125 years published contributions from scholars of international reputation on the archaeology, art, history, languages, literatures, and religions of the Near East. Founded in 1884 as Hebraica, the journal was renamed twice over the course of the following century, each name change reflecting the growth and expansion of the fields covered by the publication. In 1895 it became the American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, and in 1942 it received its present designation, the Journal of Near Eastern Studies. From an original emphasis on Old Testament studies in the nineteenth century.