Sacred Speech

4 books featuring this theme

Sacred speech assigns efficacy to words in prayer, oath, and incantation. It treats language as action with measurable outcomes.

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Enuma Elish

Anonymous

1100-1000 BCE

Mesopotamian, Babylonian

Atharvaveda cover

Atharvaveda

Anonymous

1-1000 CE

Indian, Hindu

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Derveni Papyrus

Anonymous

340-320 BCE

Greek

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Ritual of the Bacabs

Anonymous

1700-1800 CE

Mesoamerican, Mayan