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Curse - Ancient Roman Curses: Encyclopedia - Curse

A curse is the effective action of supernatural (or psychological) cause in an individual, group, or object's existence, distinguished solely by the quality of adversity that it brings, else it would be considered a "charm" or a "blessing." A curse may also be said to be the evocation of the spell or prayer, imprecation or execration, or other imposition as by magic or witchcraft, asking that a god, natural forces (e.g. see alchemical eleme ...

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Curse - Ancient Roman Curses: Encyclopedia II - Curse - Ancient Roman Curses Roman curses, true to the orderly Roman mind, were somewhat more formal and official. They were called tabulae defixionis. They were written on lead or other materials and then were posted in some place considered effective, such as in a tomb, or tossed into a sacred spring. In the text you uttered a prayer or formula that your enemy suffer injury in some specific way, along with the reason thereof. Perhaps someone stole a possession or harmed you or yours. The Romans, Etruscans and Greeks in Italy all practiced this custom. Fortunately for us, they hid the curses so well that today we have a body of c ...

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Curse - Ancient Roman Curses: A Celebration of MAY DAY

A Celebration of MAY DAY

There are four great festivals of the Pagan Celtic year and the modern Witch's calendar as well. The two greatest of these are Halloween (the beginning of winter) and May Day (the beginning of summer). Being opposite each other on the wheel of the year, they separate the year into halves. Halloween (also called Samhain) is the Celtic New Year and is generally considered the more important of the two, though May Day runs a close second. Indeed, in some areas -- notably Wales -- it is considered the great holiday.

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Curse - Ancient Roman Curses: Encyclopedia - Abracadabra

Abracadabra is a word used as an incantation, considered by some to be the phrase that is pronounced most universally in other languages without translation. The word is now commonly used as an incantation by stage magicians. In ancient times, however, it was taken much more seriously as an incantation to be used as a cure against fevers and inflammations. The first known mention was in De Medicina Praecepta by Serenus Sammonicus, physician to the Roman emperor Caracalla, who prescribed that the sufferer from the disease wear an amulet containing ...

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Abracadabra - Etymology

Curse - Ancient Roman Curses: Encyclopedia - Evil eye

The evil eye is a widely distributed element of folklore or superstition: a belief that some people, often women seen as witches, can bestow a curse on victims by the malevolent gaze of their magical eye. The effects on victims vary; some have them afflicted with bad luck of various sorts. Others believe the evil eye has even more baleful powers, that it can cause disease, wasting away, and even death. Some cultures hold that the evil eye is an involuntary jinx that is cast unintentionally by people unlucky to be cursed with th ...

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Curse - Ancient Roman Curses: Encyclopedia - The Fall of Man

The fall refers to the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, as recorded in the biblical book of Genesis, and the consequences of that expulsion. Interpretations of the account vary a great deal within Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Although the "Fall" is not mentioned by name in the Old Testament, the expulsion from Eden is recorded in Genesis 3, and served as the foundation of the Christian teachings of Saint Paul in Romans 5:12–19 and 1 Corinthians 21–22, and, in particular, the Christian doctrine of orig ...

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The Fall of Man - Accounts of the fall

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Curse - Ancient Roman Curses: Encyclopedia - Cain and Abel

The story of Cain and Abel, mentioned in the Torah and the Bible at Genesis 4, and Qu'ran at 5:27-32, tells of the somewhat unexplained murder of Abel by his brother, Cain. In the Torah, this even constitutes the first recorded murder, Cain and Abel being sons of Adam and Eve. Cain and Abel - Names. Cain and Abel are english renderings of the Hebrew names קַיִן / קָיִן and הֶבֶל / הָבֶל, respectively, from the bible. In the modern Standard Hebrew transliterati ...

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Curse - Ancient Roman Curses: Encyclopedia - Destiny

Destiny or fate refers to the things that will happen to a person in the future, and which cannot be changed. It may be conceived as the irresistible power or agency that determines the future, whether in general or of an individual. It is a concept based on the belief that there is a fixed natural order to the universe. Destiny - Different concepts of destiny and fate. Destiny may be envisaged as foreordained by the Divine (for example, the Protestant concept of predestination) or by human will (for ...

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Curse - Ancient Roman Curses: Encyclopedia - Ancient Olympic Games

The Ancient Olympic Games were an athletic and religious celebration held in the Greek town of Olympia from (historically) as early as 776 BC to 393 AD. Ancient Olympic Games - Origin. The historical origins of the Ancient Olympic Games are lost in the fog of time, but several legends and myths survive. One of these involved Pelops, king of Olympia and eponymous hero of the Peloponnesus, to whom offerings were made during the games. The Christian Clement of Alexandria asserted that "[The] Olympian games are ...

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Curse - Ancient Roman Curses: Encyclopedia - Christian demonology

Christian demonology is the study of the demons from a "Christian" point of view. It is primarily based on the Bible (Old Testament and mainly New Testament), the exegesis of these scriptures, the scriptures of some Christian philosophers and hermits, tradition, and legends incorporated from other beliefs. Like theology, demonology is not a science, since it has not been proved by the scientific method. As is common in monotheistic religions, some deities of other religions were seen as demons, which in this particular case increased the number and names ...

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Christian demonology - Christian demonology studies

Curse - Ancient Roman Curses: Encyclopedia - Bible conspiracy theory

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Curse - Ancient Roman Curses: Encyclopedia - Semitic

Semitic is a linguistic term referring to a subdivision of largely Middle Eastern Afro-Asiatic languages, the Semitic languages, as well as their speakers' corresponding cultures, and ethnicities. Although there is much debate about the scope of the word's "racial" use in the context of population genetics and history, as a linguistic term the language family is well-defined to include ancient and modern versions of Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Akkadian, Hebrew, Maltese, Syriac, Tigrigna, et al. Semitic - Origin. ...

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Curse - Ancient Roman Curses: Encyclopedia - Hera

In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hêra (World Book «HIHR uh») (Greek Ἥρα or Ἥρη) was the wife and sister of Zeus. She also presided as goddess of marriage, the patriarchal bond of her own subordination. (Slater 1968) Hera is portrayed as being majestic and solemn, often enthroned and crowned with the polos, the high cylindrical crown worn by several of the Great Goddesse ...

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Curse - Ancient Roman Curses: Encyclopedia - Chariot racing

Chariot racing was one of the most popular ancient Greek and Roman sports. Chariot racing - Early chariot racing. It is unknown exactly where chariotracing began, but it may have been as old as chariots themselves. It is known from artistic evidence on pottery that the sport existed in the Mycenaean world, but the first literary reference to a chariot race is the one described by Homer in Book 23 of the Iliad, at the funeral games of Patroclus. The participants in this race were Diomedes, Eumelus, Antilochu ...

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Curse - Ancient Roman Curses: Encyclopedia - Cormac mac Airt

Cormac Mac Airt ("son of Art"), aka Cormac Ua Cuinn (grandson of Conn) or Cormac Ulfada ("long beard"), is probably the most famous of the ancient High Kings of Ireland, and may have been an authentic historical figure, although many legends have attached themselves to him. He was the son of Art, son of Conn of the Hundred Battles. He is said to have ruled from Tara, the seat of the High Kings of Ireland, for forty years in the early to mid 3rd century and under his rule Tara flourished. He was famous for his wise, true, ...

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Curse - Ancient Roman Curses: Encyclopedia - Mandrake plant

Mandragora autumnalis Mandragora officinarum Mandragora turcomanica Mandragora caulescens Mandrake is the common name for members of the plant genus Mandragora belonging to the nightshades family (Solanaceae). Their roots, because their curious bifurcations cause them to have a semblance to the human figure (male & female), have long been used in magic r ...

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Curse - Ancient Roman Curses: Encyclopedia - Cunning folk

In English history, the cunning woman or cunning man is a professional or semi-professional folk magic user up until the twentieth century. Such people were also frequently known as wizards, wise men, wise women, witch doctors or conjurers. The term white witch was infrequently used for cunning folk until recent times, except in the county of Devon. Cunning folk are frequently confused with witches. The key difference between the two is that cunning folk were real, whereas there is no evidence that witches existed outsid ...