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Healing Magic and Evil Demons. Canonical Udug-hul Incantations

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 appraisa...

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Main Author: Geller, Markham J. (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2015
Subjects:
Middle Eastern history
Social & cultural history
Archaeology by period / region
Udug.hul
Mesopotamia
incantations
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (735 p.)
ISBN:9781614513094
9781614515326; 9781501500152
Access:Open Access

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