Once Again about the Apocryphal Prayer “7 Angels and 7 Archangels Walked...” in the Vernacular Slavonic Written Tradition

The article examines an unpublished apocryphal prayer against “nezhit” and traces the tradition of its origin in South Slavic medieval literature. The prayer begins “7 angels and 7 archangels walked, 7 candles carried, 7 knives sharpened …”. The “nezhit” disease is, generally speaking, a severe head...

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Main Author: Todorova, Ekaterina (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: Scrinium
Year: 2023, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 223-235
Further subjects:B Slavonic medieval literature
B Amulet
B folk medicine
B Apocryphal prayer
B nezhit
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