Magic & Witchcraft

These pages provide general information on magic, rituals and witchcraft in ancient Mesopotamia. The short essays published here are based on the research of the authors and others. For more detailed bibliography and references, see Key Publications and Bibliography.

• Healing & harming: Mesopotamian magic
• Tablets & libraries, sources & genres
• Experts: exorcist, physician and others
• Witches: stereotypes & reality
• Witchcraft: nature & types
• Gods & stars
• Illness, Failure & Death: the Telltale Signs of Bewitchment
• Anti-witchcraft Rituals: Typical Structure & Elements
• Maqlû: a Ceremonial Ritual against Witchcraft