The Roman magic hand itself was considered a potent means of averting the evil eye.
A magic hand used as an amulet for averting the evil eye.
Category: Mythology
The only of the Egyptian god Ammon extant, with the Ram’s head.
This figure of the Egyptian god Ammon, being a monument of considerable importance in the history of the art
Omens and superstitions of southern India. Magic and Magicians.
Omens and superstitions of southern India by Edgar Thurston. Magic and Magicians. Exorcists and devil – dancers. The practice of magic.
Buddhist charm for ending drought. Chinese superstition.
Buddhist “Tso-fu-sze” ceremony performed to evoke rain and end drought, illustrated in a charm.
Taoist protective formulas against house fires.
Taoist priests use colored charms and rituals to protect and cleanse homes from fire, invoking the God of Fire.
China. Paper-house burnt for the benefit of the dead.
In Ngan-hwei, paper-houses are burnt to convey necessities to the deceased, a persistent ancient custom.
Antigone and Ismene. Greek mythology.
Antigone and Ismene. ANTIGONE (ancient Greek Ἀντιγόνη), daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta (in Homer’s work, Iokaste is called Epikaste.) was a noble Greek maiden, with a heroic attachment to her… Read More
Alethe, Priestess of Isis. The Epicurean, by Thomas Moore.
When Alethe arrived at a suitable age, she was taught, like other children of the priestesses, to take a share in the service and ceremonies of the shrines.
Electra waits for the return of Orestes.
Electra, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, mourning the fate of her father, waits for the return of Orestes, her brother, as the avenger of his father’s death.
Thorpe’s “Northern Mythology.’ Loki and Sigyn.
Loki and Sigyn. Northern Mythology. WHEN the gods had captured Loki they bound him to the rock, and Skadi hung a venomous serpent above his head that dripped poison on… Read More