Invocations and offerings as structural elements in the love spells in Papyri Graecae Magicae

This paper examines the structural elements - namely, the roles of invocation and offerings - in the love spells of the Greek magical papyri. This is achieved through an analysis of spells that invoke a specific named deity in order to see, whether an underlying formal structure uniting this group o...

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Main Author: Björklund, Heta (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] [2015]
In: Journal for late antique religion and culture
Year: 2015, Volume: 9, Pages: 29-47
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Zauberpapyri / Love magic / Invocation / Ritual / Magic
IxTheo Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BE Greco-Roman religions
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