The book of protection : being a collection of charms, now edited for the first time from Syriac mss / with translation, introduction, and notes by Hermann Gollancz ... with 27 illustrations.

Date:
1912
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Credit: The book of protection : being a collection of charms, now edited for the first time from Syriac mss / with translation, introduction, and notes by Hermann Gollancz ... with 27 illustrations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    unto her, Who art thou ? She replied and said:—I am a woman, and will be your partner. Thereupon the saintly Mar *Abd-Isho*, as soon as he perceived that she was a wicked and unclean spirit, bound her, and cursed and tied her up, saying: You are not empowered to show your might and strength and craft over the men-servants and women-servants of God who carry these formulae. And furthermore, I conjure thee by Him at whom angels and men tremble, that if thou hast any other names, reveal it to me, and show me, and hide it not. She said unto him : ^ I will reveal it unto thee, though I desire it not. I have twelve other names. Whosoever will write them and hang them upon himself, or place them in his house, his house will I not enter, nor [approach] his children. First, Miduch : second, Edilta : third, Mouelta : the fourth they call Lilita and Malvita and the Strangling Mother of boys.’ Thereupon the saintly Mar *Abd-Isho*, as soon as he perceived that she was an evil and unclean spirit, hound her, and cursed her, and tied her up, and said unto her. You are not empowered to show your might and strength and craft over the servant of the Living God who carries these writs: and furthermore, I conjure you by the One, at whom angels and men tremble, that if you have any other names, reveal it to me, and show me, and hide nothing from me. She replied unto him: I will reveal it unto thee, though I desire it not. I have twelve other names. Whosoever will write them and hang them upon himself, his house will I not enter, nor do harm unto his wife, nor unto his children, nor unto anything which he hath or will have. My first name (is) Geos: second, Edilta : third, Lambros : fourth, Martlos : fifth. Yam nos : sixth, Sarny os : seventh. Domes : eighth, Dirba: ninth, Apiton : tenth, Pegogha: eleventh, Zarduch, Lilita, Malvita, and the Strangling Mother of boys. Then the saintly Mar *Abd-Isho* said unto her: I bind you off him who carries these writs in the name of the God of Gods and Lord of Lords, and in the name of the Being who is from ever-