Healing Magic and Evil Demons. Canonical Udug-hul Incantations
Publisher: De Gruyter
Language: eng
Number of pages: 735
ISBN-13: 9781614513094; 9781614515326; 9781501500152
Subjects: Middle Eastern history; Social & cultural history; Archaeology by period / region
Description: 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.
Notes: FP7 Ideas: European Research Council 323596

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