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309:") encounters a series of demons, binds and tortures each in turn, and inquires into their activities; then he metes out punishment or controls them as he sees fit. Put to the test, Abyzou says that she does not sleep, but rather wanders the world looking for women about to give birth; given the opportunity, she will strangle newborns. She claims also to be the source of many other afflictions, including deafness, eye trouble, obstructions of the throat, madness, and bodily pain. Solomon orders that she be chained by her own hair and hung up in front of the 516: 425:, with Abyzou trampled underfoot by a horseman. The rider is identified again either as Solomon or Arlaph; one example depicts the rider as Sisinnios, with the demon named as both Abizou and Anabardalea, and an angel named Araph (for Arlaph) standing by with one raised wing. The medieval lead amulets that show the rider subduing the female often have a main image that resembles a gorgoneion and is likely a womb symbol ( 385:
and addressed directly; the practitioner may be instructed to inscribe or chant a phrase that orders the ailment to depart: for example, "Flee, Fever!" The ailment may also be conceived of as caused by a demon, who must be identified correctly by name and commanded to depart. In this mode,
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and Judaism, and other religions of antiquity. See Matthias Klinghardt, "Prayer Formularies for Public Recitation: Their Use and Function in Ancient Religion", Numen 46 (1999) 1–52, and for an example of dire consequences attending on the revelation of a secret name, see article on
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sometimes takes the Solomon role on Christian amulets.) Although Abyzou is regarded mainly as a threat to child-bearing women and to infants, some of the names of those seeking protection from her on extant amulets are masculine.
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Fresco unearthed at Bawit. The mounted figure is identified as Sissinios (only "os" remains to be read), the trampled female is Alabasandria. The winged half-serpent is "daughter of Alabasandria".
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depicts the childbirth demon under the name Alabasandria (or Alabasdria) as she is trampled under the hooves of a horse. The rider wears a belted tunic and trousers in the
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of Envy is described as headless, and motivated by the need to steal another's head: "I grasp in an instant a man's head ... and put it on myself." As with Envy's
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the demon herself declares that she has ten-thousands of names and forms, and that Raphael is her antithesis. She says that if her name is written on a scrap of
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amulets. With her hands tied behind her back, she kneels as she is whipped by a standing figure, identified as Solomon or Arlaph, called Afarof in the
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The female childbirth demon appears frequently in magical texts under her Babylonian name Gyllou or Gylou. In one Greek tale set in the time of "
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In medieval texts, one of Gylou's twelve and a half names is given as Anabardalea, a name also associated with Abyzou.
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The secrecy surrounding the correct names of gods extended to prayer formularies in general and was characteristic of
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Fulgum, "Coins Used as Amulets in Late Antiquity", p. 142; Spier, "Medieval Byzantine Magical Amulets", pp. 38–40.
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practice, the knowledge of the secret name of a deity, divine force, or demon offers power over that entity.
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himself asserts that he inspires envy among humans. Among the succession of demons bound and questioned, the
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efforts to replace his head, Abyzou (Obizuth) cannot rest until she steals a child each night.
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confronts Abyzou and compels her to tell him the 40 names that can control her. In
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Griechische und süditalienische Gebete, Beschwörungen und Rezepte des Mittelalters
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when a woman is about to give birth, "I shall flee from them to the other world."
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For an example of a course of treatment employing a "flee" charm, see article on
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Variants on the name of Abyzou appear frequently in charms in languages such as
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with fish- or serpent-like attributes. Her fullest literary depiction is the
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My first and special name is called Gyllou; the second Amorphous; the third
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Barb, A.A. "Antaura. The Mermaid and the Devil's Grandmother: A Lecture".
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is the best-known, are often said to have come from the primeval sea. In
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Negotium Perambulans in Tenebris, études de démonologie gréco-orientale
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the King", Gyllou under torture reveals her "twelve and a half names":
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Fulgum, Mary Margaret. "Coins Used as Amulets in Late Antiquity". In
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headaches. She is known primarily from a 2nd/3rd century silver
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is equivalent in meaning to Abzu as the dark chaotic sea before
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connected Abyzou and similar female demons to the story of the
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to mean "without depth" or "bottomless"; Liddell and Scott,
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that haunts one of the main characters, Emily "Em" Brenek.
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Based on a popular etymology that saw in the word Greek
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Abyzou is depicted and named on several early Byzantine
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58–59, translation and introduction by F.C. Conybeare,
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Jordan, "A Lead 828: 731:Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt 608:In "The Sisters Mills", an episode of the 421:Medieval amulets show a variation on this 381:tradition, illness or affliction is often 71:, but in various texts surviving from the 1181:, Cosmogony, and the Elixir of Life", in 696: 694: 366:Amulet depicting Abyzou whipped by Arlaph 271:. The word also appears in the Christian 704:(Rowman & Littlefield, 2001), p. 142 514: 1301:, full text available and downloadable. 690: 508:, the demon appears in a fragment from 216:(who were daughters of the old sea god 55:, as she herself was infertile. 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myth
folklore
Near East
Europe
demon
miscarriages
infant mortality
envy
Coptic
Alabasandria
Byzantine culture
Gylou
syncretic
Early Middle Ages
amulets
compendium
demonology
Testament of Solomon
A.A. Barb
primeval sea
Abzu
ancient Mesopotamian religion
Akkadian
Sumerian
androgyne
fresh water
Tiamat
seawater
Tehom
Book of Genesis

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