Week 9 Flashcards
1
Q
Contemporary concerns magic
A
- literature is mostly written by christians who considered them pagan –> negative connotation
- was illegal
- on penitentials: list of all sins and the penance
2
Q
Prognostication
A
soothsaying
Mediterranean tradition
3
Q
Charms
A
- sympathetic magic: the cure resembles either the disease or the desired outcome
- Syncretism: blending of 2 cultures (pagan + christian)
- traces of Hebrew and Latin and gibberish
