Remarks on Mesopotamian Divine Epithets and Their Use in Incantations and Incantation-Prayers
Abstract Divine epithets are short nouns, adjectives, and participles which are in apposition to the actual name of a deity or which even replace it. Since incantations and incantation-prayers must be effective, they are enhanced by a variety of strategies. Divine epithets can be understood as strat...
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Journal of ancient Near Eastern religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 131-160 |
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B Mesopotamian religion B Syncretism B incantation-prayers B divine epithets |
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