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Mandaic jealousy charm (1)

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incantations
Mandeans
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Mandean culture

Text
Mandaic Manuscript 45, 46 (Drower Collection):
In the name of the angels! Turned away is his countenance, there will be alienation for N. (woman) from N. (man). Bel is turned from Babylon, Nebo turned from Borsippa, Nišra turned from Kaškar, and alienated is the heart and thought of N. from the thought and heart of N. His face is the face of a lion, his body that of a wild cat, his snout that of a pig, his feet those of a buffalo, and his hair that of a night-demon. He stinks, (and) she will spurn him like a potsherd for scraping. With him she will not eat, with him she will not drink, with him she will not sit, neither shall he approach her. In the name of the astarte, Libat, amen, amen, selah. Write this spell on a day’s-old hen’s egg and bury (it) at the gate of him (or her) whom you wish to drive out of his (or her) house, for all that you will. And it is strong and proven.

Sources (list of abbreviations)
Mandaic Manuscript 45 (Drower Collection)
Mandaic Manuscript 46 (Drower Collection)

Bibliography

Drower 1943, 168-169Drower, E. S. “A Mandaean Book of Black Magic.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (1943) 149-181.

Links (external links will open in a new browser window)
Cf. Mandaic charm (1)
Cf. Mandaic charm (2)
Cf. Mandaic charm (3)
Cf. Mandaic charm to induce pregnancy (1)
Cf. Mandaic curative charm (1)
Cf. Mandaic jealousy charm (2)
Cf. Mandaic love charm (1)
Cf. Mandaic love charm (2)
Cf. Mandaic love charm (3)
Cf. Mandaic love charm (4)

Amar Annus


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