Historiola

The historiola is a modern term for a kind of spell in which the paradigm for the desired magical action is provided in a myth.[1][2] It can be found in ancient Egyptian[3] and Greek mythology as well as Jewish magic.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Faraone, Christopher (1988). "Hermes but No Marrow: Another Look at a Puzzling Magical Spell". Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik. 72: 279–286. JSTOR 20186827.
  2. ↑ "Brill's New Pauly". Brill. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Frankfurter, David (1995). "Narrating Power: The Theory and Practice of the Magical Historiola in Ritual Spells". In Meyer, Marvin; Mirecki, Paul. Ancient Magic and Ritual Power. E. J. Brill. ISBN 0-8014-2550-6.
  4. ↑ Swartz, Michael D. (1996). Scholastic Magic: Ritual and Revelation in Early Jewish Mysticism. Princeton: Princeton University Press. pp. 198–199. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
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