Barbarous name
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Barbarous name
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A barbarous name is a meaningless word used in magic rituals. The term barbarous comes from the Greek barbaroi, meaning one to whom a pure Greek dialect is not native; one who is not a proper Greek, (barbarians). Often these names were derived from foreign sources and acquired their "barbarous" nature from the magician's lack of understanding of that language. Many ancient barbarous names were of Egyptian origin, though there were plenty of Hebrew and Persian names that were corrupted by transcr
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Meaningless word used in magic rituals
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2024-03-15T23:19:12Z
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