Amulets and talismans.

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Main Author

Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934.

Language(s)

English ; Egyptian ; Hebrew ; Sumerian

Published

New Hyde Park, N.Y., University Books [1961]

Subjects

Superstition
Amulets

Note

First published in 1930 under title: Amulets and superstitions.
"The original texts with translations and descriptions of a long series of Egyptian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Hebrew, Christian, Gnostic and Muslim amulets and talismans and magical figures, with chapters on the evil eye, the origin of the amulet, the pentagon, the swastika, the cross (pagan and Christian), the properties of stones, rings, divination, numbers, the Kabbalah, ancient astrology, etc."

Physical Description

xxxix, 543 p. illus., facsims. 24 cm.

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