Historiola

The historiola is a modern term for a kind of incantation incorporating a short mythic story that provides the paradigm for the desired magical action.[1][2] It can be found in ancient Mesopotamian,[3] Egyptian[4] and Greek mythology, in the Aramaic Uruk incantation, incorporated in Mandaean incantations,[5][6][7] as well as in Jewish kabbalah.[8][9] There are also Christian examples evoking Christian legends.[3]

For the lost history of Lombard Italy, see Secundus of Trent.

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. Fritz Graf, "Historiola", in Brill’s New Pauly. Consulted online on 29 December 2020.
  4. Frankfurter, David (1995). "Narrating Power: The Theory and Practice of the Magical Historiola in Ritual Spells". In Meyer, Marvin; Mirecki, Paul (eds.). Ancient Magic and Ritual Power. E. J. Brill. ISBN 0-8014-2550-6.
  5. Müller-Kessler, Christa (1996). "The Story of Bguzan-Lilit, Daughter of Zanay-Lilit". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 116: 185–195. JSTOR 605694.
  6. Müller-Kessler, Christa (1999). "Aramäische Beschwörungen und astronomische Omina in nachbabylonischer Zeit: Das Fortleben mesopotamischer Kultur im Vorderen Orient." In Johannes Renger (ed.), Babylon: Focus Mesopotamischer Geschichte, Wiege früher Gelehrsamkeit, Mythos in der Moderne. 2. Internationales Colloquium der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft, Berlin 1998. Saarbrücken: SDV, pp. 432–443. ISBN 3-930843-54-4
  7. Müller-Kessler, Christa (2017). "Zauberschalen und ihre Umwelt. Ein Überblick über das Schreibmedium Zauberschale". In Kamran, Jens; Schäfer, Rolf; Witte, Markus (eds.). Zauber und Magie im antiken Palästina und in seiner Umwelt. Abhandlungen des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins, 46. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, pp. 77–84. ISBN 978-3-447-10781-5
  8. Naveh, Joseph; Shaked, Shaul (1985). Amulets and Magic Bowls: Aramaic Incantations of Late Antiquity. Jerusalem: Magnes Press, pp. 111–124. ISBN 965-223-531-8
  9. 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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