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  2. Iron in folklore - Wikipedia

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    A horseshoe wind chime, used as a good luck charm. Iron has a long and varied tradition in the mythology and folklore of the world.. While iron is now the name of a chemical element, the traditional meaning of the word "iron" is what is now called wrought iron.

  3. Runic magic - Wikipedia

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    The Book of Runes : A Handbook for the Use of an Ancient Oracle: The Viking Runes with Stones, St. Martin's Press; 10th anniversary ed. ISBN 0-312-09758-1. Flowers, Stephen (1986), Runes and magic: magical formulaic elements in the older runic tradition , vol. 53 of American university studies: Germanic languages and literatures, P. Lang, ISBN ...

  4. History of magic - Wikipedia

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    Other spells were used to reconcile a man with his patron deity or to reconcile a wife with a husband who had been neglecting her. [7] The ancient Mesopotamians made no distinction between rational science and magic. [8] [9] [10] When a person became ill, doctors would prescribe both magical formulas to be recited as well as medicinal treatments.

  5. Spells for the afterlife found on 52-foot papyrus scroll from ...

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    Waziri Papyrus 1 is the longest and most complete Book of the Dead written in hieratic script to be found in Saqqara, experts said. It is the first one found in over 100 years, officials said in a ...

  6. List of mythological objects - Wikipedia

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    It was used by either Princess Iron Fan or Ginkaku. (Chinese mythology) Halayudha, a plough used as a weapon by Balarama. (Hindu mythology) Imhullu, a wind weapon used by the Assyrian god Marduk to destroy Tiamat, described in the ancient epic of creation Enûma Eliš. (Mesopotamian mythology) Pasha, a supernatural weapon depicted in Hindu ...

  7. Magic in the Greco-Roman world - Wikipedia

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    Pompeian wall painting depicting a hermaphrodite sitting, left hand raised towards an old satyr approaching from behind; a maenad or bacchant brings a love potion.. Magic in the Greco-Roman world – that is, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, and the other cultures with which they interacted, especially ancient Egypt – comprises supernatural practices undertaken by individuals, often privately ...

  8. Pydna curse tablets - Wikipedia

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    The Pydna curse tablets are a collection of six texts or catalogues written in Ancient Greek that were found at the ruins of Pydna, a prominent city of ancient Macedon, between 1994 and 1997. They were discovered during the archaeological excavations of the Makrygialos cemetery and were first published by Curbera and Jordan in 2003. [ 1 ]

  9. List of Book of the Dead spells - Wikipedia

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    Spell for going out against a foe in the realm of the dead. [9] 12. Spell for going in and out. [9] 13. Spell for going in and out of the West. [9] 14. Spell for removing anger from the heart of the god. [10] 15. A hymn to the sun-god. Not a standard text; any one of a number of hymns might be used. [11] 16.