Prayers against Fever in the Tenth-century Epigraphic Monuments

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Pages: 407-415
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/IBMN4739

Abstract:

Among the 9th–10th epigraphic monuments, giving material for researching of the Medieval Bulgarian culture, the inscriptions on lead plates-amulets, which are varied both in form and contents, evoke special interest. Recently, the research of the so-called apocryphal prayers and conjurations had been enriched with considerable number (around 80) lead amulets containing various in their form and contents texts in Greek and Old Bulgarian (in Glagolitic and Cyrillic script). They enter the Bulgarian literature as far back as the late 9th and the early 10th century and they are recorded in the indices as “false”. Among them there are conjuring prayers against the devil, against tresavitsi, ognitsi, veshtitsi (witches), against diseases, for long life and health, amorous and others. Regarding its functions one and the same text could be read aloud in certain case, rewritten and carried as a remedy and protection. In the present article texts of various contents against tresavitsi, incised on five lead 10th-century amulets, which turned out to be the earliest known from this period.

Keywords:

amulet, conjuring prayers

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