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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Main Author: Ceccarelli, Manuel 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: Journal of ancient Near Eastern religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 131-160
Further subjects:B Incantations
B Mesopotamian religion
B Syncretism
B incantation-prayers
B divine epithets
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