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There have been repeated suggestions that healing formula of the Second Merseburg Charm may well have deep Indo-European roots. A parallel has been drawn between this charm and an example in Vedic literature, an incantation from the 2nd millennium BCE found in the Atharvaveda, hymn IV, 12:
now generally known as the Merseburg charms (Merseburger Zaubersprüche) (Grimm 1842). For more than one and a half century an enormous amount of research work has been done, but many puzzles connected with both texts re-main unsolved. 2 Since one of the notable traits of the Second Merseburg charm
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There have been repeated suggestions that healing formula of the Second Merseburg Charm may well have deep Indo-European roots. A parallel has been drawn between this charm and an example in Vedic literature , an incantation from the 2nd millennium BCE found in the Atharvaveda , hymn IV, 12: [27] [28] [29]
Key words: Second Merseburg Charm, Belarusian and Ukrainian charms, text structure, areal dissemination, formula, theonym In 1842, Jacob Grimm presented an amazing finding to the scientific community, that of two Old High German charms from the manuscript of the 10th Century1, largely known as the Merseburg charms (Merseburger Zaubersprüche ...
Jan 10, 2024 · There have been repeated suggestions that healing formula of the Second Merseburg Charm may well have deep Indo-European roots. A parallel has been drawn between this charm and an example in Vedic literature, an incantation from the second millennium before Christ found in the Atharvaveda, hymn IV, 12:
There have been repeated suggestions that healing formula of the Second Merseburg Charm may well have deep Indo-European roots. A parallel has been drawn between this charm and an example in Vedic literature , an incantation from the second millennium before Christ found in the Atharvaveda , hymn IV, 12: [51] [52] [53] [54]
“The Slavic and Germanic versions of the Second Merseburg Charm.” Incantatio 3 (2013): 46-60. Bächtold-Stäubli, Hans and Eduard Hoffman-Krayer. Handwörterbuch des deutschen Aberglaubens. Berlin-Leipzig: De Gruyter, 1927-1942. Battaglia, Marco. “Gli Incantesimi di Merseburgo tra oralità e tradizione colta.”
