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Thursday, June 29, 2017

Symbols from the "Greek magical papyri"

Papyrus

Purpose of the operation
Other deities mentioned in the text
Notes
PGM III.1-64 To deprive the driver of the chariot races (with the help of the spirit of a cat killed by a ritual method) Hermes and the composite deity Hermeticus This spell is akin to a defixion; It uses lead plates
PGM IV.1390-1495 Enchantment, designed to arouse a love affair for the operator (with the help of the spirits of heroes, gladiators or other people killed by violent death) Anubis, Ereshkigal, Hermes, Isis, Persephone, Pluto, Zeus Also used are Hebrew divine names
PGM IV.2006-2125 Enchantments that help the operator to find the desired object (the application is not limited to the love or sexual sphere) Osiris The image of the three-body Hecate with a cow, a virgin and pysimi heads
PGM IV.2241-2358 Enchantment of the Defective Moon Hermes, Mena, the Archangel Michael, Osiris, Persephone (Cora) There is a long sequence of voces magicae
PGM IV.2441-2621 Enchantment, awakening attraction, sending illnesses and death, dreaming divine revelations Aphrodite, Artemis, Ereshkigal, Hermes, Persephone, Selena Three separate coercive spells with voces magicae
PGM IV.2622-2707 Enchantment, awakening attraction, sending dreams, causing illness, eliminating enemies and giving protection Selena The carved image of Hecate on a magnetite heart
PGM IV.2708-2784 Love charms that arouse attraction to the operator Artemis, Ereshkigal, Persephone (Cora), Selena The offering in a clay brazier on the roof of a high house on the 13th or 14th day of the lunar month
PGM IV.2785-2890 Prayer for Selene for any magical operation Artemis, Mena, Persephone, Selena Amulet of a magnet with the image of a three-body Hecate with a dog, a horned maiden and goats
PGM IV.2943-2966 Love Enchantment for awakening attraction in reality
To make a figure of a dog with the eyes of a bat and leave it at the crossroads
PGM VII.686-702 The Dipper Spell Artemis Used five letters of the Ephesians
PGM VII.756-794 Prayer Mena Contains a list of characters and symbols
PGM VII.862-918 Claudian's Moonwatch Ereshkigal, Selena The names of the twelve angels are used
PGM XXXVI.187-210 Love Enchantment for Awakening
Jewish Hebrew names and a square with Greek vowels are used
PGM LXX.4-25 Charms of Hecate Ereshkigal against fear of punishment Ereshkigal The first two of the Ephesian writings are used
PGM CXIV.1-14 Enchantment against epilepsy
Only survived in fragments
PGM CXXIII.a-f Healing Enchantment The one (the pseudo-head baboon) Jewish Hebrew names and names of angels are used
Falasarna (Crete), ca. IV century. BC. Protective Enchantment Apollo, Hercules, Nick, Zeus They were preserved only in fragments; The Ephesian script is used
Egypt, ca. II-III centuries. AD ("Supplementum Magicum", 49) Love Enchantment Aeon, Aphrodite, Artemis, Nykt, Erebus, Persephone They were preserved only in fragments; Include a list of characters and symbols
 
Several spells from the "Greek magical papyri" provide lists of signs and symbols for the appeal to Hecate. Below is a table on the basis of which it is possible to draw conclusions about how often such symbols were used. The table also includes symbols and signs from the magic papyrus of the same period, included in the "Supplementum Magicum", 49.

Table of symbols used in spells and spells associated with Hecate

Symbolic Item PGM IV.2334-2338 PGM VII.780-785 PGM LXX.4-25 Supplementum Magicum , 49
Virgo
X
X

Black Dog
X
X
X
X
Snake

X
X
Garland or wreath
X
X

Key
X
X
X
X
Wand, Wand of the Hierarch
X
X
X
X
Gold sandal

X
X
Bronze sandal
X


X

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