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The avengers of souls (1)

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02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs
02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery



 		Keywords
Chaldean Oracles
demons
Period
2nd century CE
Roman Empire 		Channel
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Text
Chaldean Oracles 90:
“ … from the hollows of the earth leap chthonian dogs, who never show a true sign to a mortal.” The oracle is about demons involved in matter. These (demons) are called dogs because they are the avengers of souls.

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Chaldean Oracles 90

Bibliography

Majercik 1989, 84-85Majercik, Ruth. The Chaldean Oracles. Text, Translation, and Commentary. Studies in Greek and Roman Religion 5. Leiden, New York, Copenhagen, Cologne: E. J. Brill 1989.

Amar Annus


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