CLASSICS 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Antinopolis, Eurasian Wryneck, Ephesia Grammata
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This recipe has been found as the basis for many other voodoo dolls/figurines and rituals. If stuff (hair, fingernails, etc. ) is used in figurines, the enacter of the spell must be very close to the target to obtain his or her stuff. Cultural context: a christian family and a young man who falls in love with the christian daughter who is forbidden to marry. The man made an erotic tablet and the woman ended up making the woman mad/crazy. The man is scholded, but not sentenced to death or even brought into court. The situation is solved informally as it was solved by a respected community (christian) figure. Magical elements are associated with spinning objects and string why? something new; binding and tying things; connecting; intertwining. Metaphorical reasons: twisting things up into something longer or bigger; creating. (this is what it is most likely doing in the louvre doll recipe example)
