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Apotropaic magic (from Gr**** αποτρέπω, apotrépō 'to ward off') or
protective magic is a type of
magic intended to turn away harm or evil influences, as...
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Birth tusks (also
called magical wands or
apotropaic wands) are
wands for
apotropaic magic (to ward off evil),
mainly from the
Middle Kingdom of Egypt...
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Abracadabra is a
magic word,
historically used as an
apotropaic incantation on
amulets and
common today in
stage magic. It is of
unknown origin. Pronunciation...
- of the
burial of the 'Red Lady'.
During the
Middle Kingdom of Egypt,
apotropaic wands began to be used
during birth ceremonies.
These wands were made...
- Laḫmu (𒀭𒌓𒈬 or 𒀭𒈛𒈬, d laḫ-mu, lit. 'hairy one') is a
class of
apotropaic creatures from
Mesopotamian mythology.
While the name has its
origin in a...
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Knocking on wood (also
phrased touching wood or
touch wood) is an
apotropaic tradition of
literally touching, tapping, or
knocking on wood, or
merely stating...
- ****ociated with the
traditional Jewish customs which could be
understood as
apotropaic: male cir****cision, mezuzah, and tefillin. The
connections of the first...
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identified in the
apodosis was to be
averted by the
implementation of an
apotropaic ritual. In
addition to
dissolution NAM-BÚR-BI, it is also a
generic name...
- of
apotropaic amulets and find
parallels among Phoenician and
Punic amulets from the Iron Age. He
theorizes that the
custom of
making such
apotropaic amulets...
- ("Aphrodite of the
beautiful buttocks"). In
other contexts, this
gesture has an
apotropaic character, that is, a
means to ward off a
supernatural enemy, or it may...
