Week 9

Question 1

Contemporary concerns magic

Answer 1

• literature is mostly written by christians who considered them pagan –> negative connotation
• was illegal
• on penitentials: list of all sins and the penance

Question 2

Prognostication

Answer 2

soothsaying

Mediterranean tradition

Question 3

Charms

Answer 3

• sympathetic magic: the cure resembles either the disease or the desired outcome
• Syncretism: blending of 2 cultures (pagan + christian)
• traces of Hebrew and Latin and gibberish