Catalogue of Ethiopian manuscripts of the Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine in London / [compiled] by Stefan Strelcyn.

  • Stefan Strelcyn
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[1972]
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Credit: Catalogue of Ethiopian manuscripts of the Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine in London / [compiled] by Stefan Strelcyn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    prayers called mdftdhe hray ' [prayer] which undoes charms '. A collection of prayers of this kind is edited in Strelcyn, Prieres. sala'i ftAJi. : V, 2 ' enemy cf. Strelcyn, Prieres, 342. sdla wdgi «*A * as% s II, 8 ; III, 1; IX, 13 ; sdlawdgi xmd% ' XII, 1, cf. Worrell, in, 136 ; Strelcyn, Prieres, 343, and p. 3, n. 3, ' sorcerer ', lit. ' a man who transpierces the shadow (of the person whom he wishes to harm) ', Guidi, Suppl., 233. Occurs also in layna Sdla wdgi ' the [evil] eye of the sorcerer' II, 4. Malay • VI, 1; XI, 1, 2, 4; XV, 1,4; XVII, 46, and sotolay F-Mje. * VIII, 3, cf. Guidi, col. 218 ; Worrell, in, 135. Name of a devil who makes women sterile, causes spontaneous abortion, and attacks suckling infants. For details see Griaule, LR, § xin and 144-5; Eodinson (sotdlay and sotale), 38, 39, 119, § 118. For prescriptions (TT 1341-52) see Strelcyn, Medecine, i, 568-77. tdbib ml\A\ 1 IX, 13 ' artisan, blacksmith, magician', cf. Worrell, in, 127; Strelcyn, Prieres, 342. tdgbara sabd -lint : Ci-ilTx ' 1,4; V, 2; VII, 10; VIII, 2; X, 2 c [magical] action of men '; in I. 4 tdgbara sabd' dkuyan '... of evil men ' and tdgbara sabd' mdsdryan '... of the magicianscf. Worrell, in, 130; Strelcyn, Prieres. 322. tdlaivas +A<Pff » IX, 13; XII, 1 unidentified, cf. Worrell, m, 141. tdnkolanna •Vtfrttfr •• VII, 10 ' malicious, cunning ', Guidi, col. 366, cf. Worrell, in, 127 ; Strelcyn, Prieres, 339. tdyayaz d-f^^tr * IX, 13 ' intermediary, responsible for a contract, guarantor, guarantor zar [see below]', Guidi, Suppl., col. 183; cf. Worrell, m, 140; Strelcyn, Prieres, 339. tdgrdtya, see tdgrida. tdgrida **>16% * H, 8; VII, 6 ; VIII, 3 ; X, 3 ; XII, 1; XV, 1; tdgrdtya *«ic*? XI, 4; ' (1) a devil who stays in lonely places and causes epilepsy; (2) epilepsy ', Guidi, col. 327 ; c a devil attacking mostly women ', Baeteman, col. 492. For details see Worrell, in, 128. KBT, 633, explains: *«i6f\ i f nc s flMg- * d<k& s 0°-}d.ti t atom-: o&C * -f*TU£. ' him?: ' A°7£* - 'ilC'i ' <ta%?w& s hP* • hfl.£ '• fOCP s ATI;*- « ' yazar wdllag [see below under zar wdllag], a little spirit who, inhabiting a person, unified with him, causes him to do things involuntarily, ado kabire, epilepsy ado kabire (Baeteman, col. 626, ado kdbira) is a kind of spirit, of a zar inhabiting certain persons. prs <?ch • in lahdmama prs ArV'V - TCft * XVII, 32 ' for toothache cf. TT 252-79 in Strelcyn, Medecine, I, 244-51; Rodinson, 36. wdg'at wit* s II, 6, 7, 8; VIII, 3, 5; IX, 10, 13; X, 3; XI, 2; XII, 1, 3; XIII, 1; XV, 1, 6 and wdgat VII, 6, 10 ; XVII, 31 ' chest pain', cf. Worrell, in, 135 ; Strelcyn, Prieres, 334 ; Rodinson, 35, 78. For prescriptions see TT 417-31 in Strelcyn, Medecine, i, 280-5. Wdrzdlya w-CHAf : II, title of picture; VI, 1. Name of a devil speared by Susenyos, cf. Worrell, in, 137.