Motif
Anti-poison incantation controlling stinging creatures
anti_poison_incantation_controlling_stinging_creatures
A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
egyptian
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Legends of the Gods: The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations A LEGEND OF THE GOD KHNEMU AND OF A SEVEN YEARS' FAMINE. / I.--INCANTATIONS AGAINST REPTILES AND NOXIOUS CREATURES IN GENERAL. / ANOTHER CHAPTER. / II.--THE NARRATIVE OF ISIS.; lines 4464-4559 confidence: high
Isis is introduced as the goddess and great mistress of spells, given magical spells by Keb to drive away poison and make it retreat.
Isis uses spoken commands against poison and scorpions, commanding poison to retreat and declaring that poison will die.
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