Exorcismes et phylactères byzantins : écrire, énoncer les noms du démon

This paper examines the significance and authority of a written text intimately linked to an oral performance. In some Byzantine and post Byzantine unofficial rituals of exorcism, the names of the daemon are uttered but it is also specified that they have to be written by way of protection. These ex...

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Main Author: Maria Patera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Anthropologie et Histoire des Mondes Antiques 2010-01-01
Series:Cahiers Mondes Anciens
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/mondesanciens/139