SALAYOVA 2017
1SDB2019
Andrea Salayová
Graeco-Latina. Brunensia, vol. 22,
nr. 1, 2017, pp. 191-206. (pdf.)
Abstract
The focus of this study, which is based on a detailed
analysis of Greek magical papyri, is to research, how the animal ingredients
were used within the sphere of magic in the antiquity and what further
information can be drawn. This paper serves as a preliminary review of the
results provided by the statistical analysis. Main research questions are: How
many papyri spells contain at least one animal ingredient? Which animals were
used the most as an ingredient? Which animal body parts were prevalent in papyri
spells? Were the animal body parts used in spells chosen based on analogy?
Answering these questions can help us understand the connection of animals to
magic, and determine if some animals were considered to have more magical power
than others. A key source for this study was Betz’s edition of The Greek
magical papyri from 1986, compared to Preisendanz’s Papyri Graecae
magicae: Die griechischen Zauberpapyri from 1928.
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