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Mandaic charm (2)

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incantations
Mandeans
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Mandean culture

Text
Mandaic Manuscript 45, 46 (Drower Collection):
Health be the portion of N., son of N. The fishermen fish, they fish, the fishermen. His fast will cease. Put into contact (with the breast), bind (his eyes). Rise, calm the thought and spirit of N., son of N., who refuses to suck and to whose eyes sleep comes not. He shall not rise from his sleep until he sees the light of the sun, and the Fish of Sleep shall lie in its place. Amen, amen selah. Write this charm for a child that cries and refuses to suck its wet-nurse. Write, and it will suck its wet-nurse.

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Mandaic Manuscript 45 (Drower Collection)
Mandaic Manuscript 46 (Drower Collection)

Bibliography

Drower 1943, 160Drower, E. S. “A Mandaean Book of Black Magic.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (1943) 149-181.

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Cf. Mandaic love charm (1)
Cf. Mandaic love charm (2)
Cf. Mandaic love charm (3)
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Amar Annus


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