Chapter 1
Ancient clay and papyrus roots
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Chapter 2
Secret grimoires of the medieval world
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Chapter 3
Gathering the world's oral fairy tales
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Chapter 4
How ancient folklore shaped modern fantasy
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YOUR GOAL
Master of The history of magic books
Ch 1 · Ancient clay and papyrus roots
loroftherings11 Roman Egyptian Shrinking Spell
Drop a letter on every line to make that fever shrink!
loroftherings11 Clay and Papyrus Magic
Etched in the clay, penned on the reed, magic for our everyday need.
loroftherings11 A collection of papyrus scrolls from ancient Egypt reveals a multicultural blend of spellcasting.
loroftherings11 This ancient Egyptian funerary text served as a magical guidebook for navigating the perilous afterlife.
BETA
loroftherings11 Decode ancient clay tablets and papyrus scrolls to discover the origins of magical folklore.
Fun Fact
Clay spellbooks: Mesopotamian clay tablets from 2000 BCE are the world's oldest surviving written spells, outlasting papyrus and paper.
Glossary
grimoire (noun)
A book of magic spells, conjurations, and rituals. Its earliest ancestors include Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets and Egyptian scrolls from the second millennium BCE.
A book of magic spells, conjurations, and rituals. Its earliest ancestors include Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets and Egyptian scrolls from the second millennium BCE.
Gossip
Which ancient magic tool would you want to find in an archaeological dig?
Quiz
What languages were primarily used to write the Greek Magical Papyri between the 2nd century BCE and 5th century CE?
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What was the primary purpose of the ancient Egyptian papyrus scrolls known as the Book of the Dead?
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Which ancient civilization wrote protective spells on clay tablets in cuneiform script around 2000 BCE?
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In which ancient library were thousands of Mesopotamian magical and medical cuneiform tablets discovered in the 19th century?
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The Greek Magical Papyri famously contain "voces mysticae." What does this term refer to?
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Which Egyptian deity's weighing of the heart ceremony is famously illustrated in the Book of the Dead?
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What material was used to make the "rishu" or daybooks of the Chinese Han Dynasty?
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Why were Mesopotamian protective clay tablets often buried under the floors of houses?