Anna Cherkashina

Narratives of Power A Typology of Syriac Historiolae with a Case Study of Charms against the ‘Child-Stealing Witch’

This article examines the historiola in Syriac magic across medieval and modern manuscripts. Section 2 proposes a working typology of Syriac historiolae and tests the applicability of David Frankfurter’s scheme to this material. Section 3 surveys narrative charms as a specific cl...