Curses and Cursing in the Ancient Near East
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| ID | 4299854 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Anne Marie Kitz (autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2007 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Fascículo | 6 |
| Páginas | 615-627 |
| Data de publicação | 2007-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Religion Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 1749-8171 • E-ISSN: 1749-8171 |
| Editora | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1749-8171.2007.00039.x |
| OpenAlex | W2000346964 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 1 |
| Referências citadas | 8 |
As many extant texts demonstrate, the world of the Ancient Near East was replete with curses. They managed almost every feature of life from simple business affairs to complex international relations. Of significant importance for the survivability of any society at that time was the maintenance of the happiness of the local deity or deities whose ongoing presence and patronage was inexorably linked to the preservation of their respective tribe, city, or empire. Cursing importuned these patron deities, as well as personal deities, to injure others so that the well-being of their tribal or city residents might be sustained. A curse's ultimate purpose was to inspire heavenly rage by soliciting supernatural powers to intercede in situations that were believed to be beyond mortal control such as injustices, disease, injury, or just plain bad luck. The following study will review the underlying features of all curses in the Ancient Near East. The deities, as will be shown, played a central role in the execution of maledictions. They were viewed as the agents who would, in one way or another, realize the requested punishment should they judge in the speaker's favor. This analysis will be followed by an examination of the most common types of curses the Ancient Near Easterners used
Ancient history · Archaeology · Buddhism · Curse · Empire · Epistemology · Extant taxon · Happiness · Luck · Middle East · Political science · Theology · Tribe · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Near East History · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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