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https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/21373| Title: | Necromancy | Contributor(s): | Dillon, Matthew P (author) |
Publication Date: | 2016 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/21373 | Abstract: | Necromancy (Gk. nekuomanteia, "DIVINATION through the dead") was practiced by various peoples of the ancient world. The "Witch of Endor" summoned the sprit of the prophet SAMUEL at Saul's behest, despite Biblical injunctions against necromancy and Saul's own expulsion of necromancers, so that Saul could learn the future. Necromancy first appears in the Greek world in book 11 of the ODYSSEY. Odysseus, following the instructions of Kirke (who therefore acts for him as a professional necromancer), dug a pit at night into which he poured bloodless and blood LIBATIONS. | Publication Type: | Entry In Reference Work | Source of Publication: | The Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Mediterranean Religions, p. 643-643 | Publisher: | Routledge | Place of Publication: | New York, United States of America | ISBN: | 9780415831970 9780203506240 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 210306 Classical Greek and Roman History | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 430305 Classical Greek and roman history | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 280113 Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeology 280114 Expanding knowledge in Indigenous studies |
HERDC Category Description: | N Entry In Reference Work | Publisher/associated links: | http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/226306875 |
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