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  2. 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 ...

  3. Pharmakos - Wikipedia

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    Walter Burkert and René Girard have written influential modern interpretations of the pharmakos rite. Burkert shows that humans were sacrificed or expelled after being fed well, and, according to some sources, their ashes were scattered to the ocean.

  4. Witchcraft in the Middle East - Wikipedia

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    The King James Version uses the words witch, witchcraft, and witchcrafts to translate the Masoretic כָּשַׁף ‎ kāsháf (Hebrew pronunciation:) and קֶסֶם ‎ (qésem); [10] these same English terms are used to translate φαρμακεία pharmakeia in the Greek New Testament.

  5. Sorcery (goetia) - Wikipedia

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    The word witch is over a thousand years old: Old English formed the compound wiccecræft from wicce ('witch') and cræft ('craft'). [77] The masculine form was wicca ('male sorcerer'). [78] In early modern Scots, the word warlock came to be used as the male equivalent of witch (which can be male or female, but is used predominantly for females ...

  6. Pasiphaë - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, Pasiphaë (/ p ə ˈ s ɪ f i iː /; [1] Ancient Greek: Πασιφάη, romanized: Pāsipháē, lit. 'wide-shining', derived from πᾶσι (dative plural) "for all" and φάος/φῶς phaos/phos "light") [2] was a queen of Crete, and was often referred to as goddess of witchcraft and sorcery.

  7. Category:Greek mythological witches - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Greek mythological witches" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Agamede; C.

  8. These 56 witch quotes will leave everyone spellbound - AOL

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    Funny witch quotes "You’d think they’d never seen a girl and a cat on a broom before." — Jiji, "Kiki's Delivery Service" "Sorrow is such sweet parting." — Mary Sanderson, "Hocus Pocus 2"

  9. Greek divination - Wikipedia

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    Greek divination is the divination practiced by ancient Greek culture as it is known from ancient Greek literature, supplemented by epigraphic and pictorial evidence. Divination is a traditional set of methods of consulting divinity to obtain prophecies (theopropia) about specific circumstances defined beforehand.