Healing Magic and Evil Demons. Canonical Udug-hul Incantations

• Tác giả: Markham J Geller
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-1614513094
• Thông tin xuất bản: Boston ; Berlin : De Gruyter, 2015
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 electronic resource (735 p.)
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 179202
• Chủ đề: 1. Archaeology by period / region; 2. Middle Eastern history; 3. Social & cultural history

Tóm tắt

This book brings together ancient manuscripts of the large compendium of Mesopotamian exorcistic incantations known as Udug.hul (Utukku Lemnutu), directed against evil demons, ghosts, gods, and other demonic malefactors within the Mesopotamian view of the world.It allows for a more accurate appraisal of variants arising from a text tradition spread over more than two millennia and from many ancient libraries.