{"product_id":"amulets-and-superstitions-the-original-texts-with-translations-and-descriptions-of-a-long-series-of-egyptian-sumerian-assyrian-hebrew-christian-9780486235738","title":"Amulets and Superstitions: The Original Texts With Translations and Descriptions of a Long Series of Egyptian  Sumerian  Assyrian  Hebrew  Christian","description":"\u003cp\u003eA vulture tied to the neck of a mummy gave it the strength of the goddess Isis  Women in Central Africa ate a frog to have large families  A serpent head amulet could ward off venomous snakes  Ethiopians wore stones to keep the Evil Eye away  Abracdabra healed a man suffering from fever  Hebrew women wore stones to prevent miscarriage  Emeralds cured diseases of the eye  Garnets protected man from terrifying dreams and skin diseases  Melitites warded off infantile diseases  Moonstones protected men against epilepsy  Rubies protected men from witchcraft  plague  and famine  By far the most thorough  most fascinating coverage of amulets and superstitions is the present book by Dr. E. Wallis Budge. In it he presents a wealth of information on the origins of amulets and talismans of many cultures and traditions: Arab  Persian  Babylonian  Assyrian  Egyptian  Ethiopian  Gnostic  Hebrew  Mandaean  Phoenician  Samaritan  and Syriac. He discusses ring amulets  terra cotta devil-traps; stones and their prophylactic and therapeutic qualities; the importance of color  shape  and form in amulets; the Swastika; the cross; the crucifix; the evil eye; the Kabbalah; astrology; the seven astrological planets; theories about numbers (good and bad luck numbers  sequences  magic squares); divination by water  earth  or sand; lucky and unlucky days; the hand of Fatimah; contracts with the devil and envotement. The text is profusely illustrated  with many reproductions of amulets  stones  prayers  crosses  numbers  seals  gods  rings  signs of the zodiac  and much more. Dr. Budge of the British Museum was one of the foremost Egyptologists of the twentieth century. Dover also published many of his other works: The Dwellers on the Nile  Egyptian Magic  The Egyptian Book of the Dead  and The Gods of the Egyptians.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647233056821,"sku":"ByrdShop_0486235734","price":65.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780486235738.jpg?v=1781690296","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/amulets-and-superstitions-the-original-texts-with-translations-and-descriptions-of-a-long-series-of-egyptian-sumerian-assyrian-hebrew-christian-9780486235738","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}