- The
Maqlû, “burning,”
series is an
Akkadian incantation text
which concerns the
performance of a
rather lengthy anti-witchcraft, or kišpū, ritual. In...
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would be
found in the
series of
Mesopotamian incantations of Šurpu and
Maqlû. In the Orient, the
charming of
snakes have been used in
incantations of...
- from
Harran Nuska was
regarded as the son of
Ningal and her husband. In a
Maqlû incantation,
Manzat (Akkadian and
Elamite goddess of the rainbow) appears...
- in
Akkadian but
found in a
corpus of Hurro-Hittite rituals. In a
single Maqlû incantation, the
rainbow goddess Manzat is
referred to as Shamash's sister...
- Elsewhere, such as at ****ur, the
tablet order could vary. In
contrast to the
Maqlû incantation series,
which was
intended to
counteract kišpū,
black magic...
- of an
audience if possible. One
ritual to
punish a
sorcerer was
known as
Maqlû, or "The Burning". The
person viewed as
being afflicted by
witchcraft would...
- of this
literary heritage,
covering a
range of
rituals from the sacred,
Maqlû, "burning" to
counter witchcraft, Šurpu, “incineration” to
counter curses...
- can be
found in the
brief description of
Ishara in Atrahasis. In a
single Maqlû incantation,
Manzat is
described as the
sister of the
Mesopotamian sun god...
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suppress witchcraft,
developed an
Akkadian anti-witchcraft ritual, the
Maqlû,
probably composed in the
early first millennium BC.
During the
reign of...
- They were also
regarded as
guardians of doorways. The
incantation series Maqlû describes them as “guard-gods who tear out the
heart and
compress the kidneys”...
