Amulets and Superstitions: The Original Texts with Translations and Descriptions of a Long Series of Egyptian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Hebrew, Christian, Gnostic and Muslim Amulets and Talismans and Magical Figures, with Chapters on the Evil Eye, the Origin of the Amulet, the Pentagon, the Swastika, the Cross (pagan and Christian), the Properties of Stones, Rings, Divination, Numbers, the Kabbâlâh, Ancient Astrology, Etc., BySir E. A. Wallis Budge ... |
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agate Allâh amulets ancient angels animal apkallu APSû Arabs archangels Assyrian attached Babylonian Batra believed bezel body Book bowls breast British Museum carnelian century CHAPTER Christ Christian colour contains cross cylinder-seal dead deceased demon devils disk divine earth Egypt Egyptian engraved Ethiopian Evil Eye evil spirits figures formula Gaster Gnostic goddess gods gold Greek hand head heaven holy Horus incantations inches inscribed inscription Isis Kabbâlâh Kabbalists KEBRA NAGAST kinds king known Kur'ân Lamashtu Lord magical powers magical square magician Mâna Mandaeans Marduk means medicine moon Muḥammad mummy names neck object Osiris pagan papyrus parchment Phoenicians phylactery planets plaque Plate possessed prayer priest protect regarded represented reproduced ring Samaritan scarabs scorpions seal serpent seven Shabti Shamshiel sickness Solomon spells stars stone Sumerians Sun-god Sûrah symbol Syriac tablets thee Thou tomb wearer wearing women words of power worn writing written YHWH Zodiac