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English
Etymology
From Latin historiola, from historia.
Noun
historiola (plural historiolas or historiolae)
- (literary) A spell which invokes a mythical narrative, asking for the events it describes or similar ones to be enacted (as found in some Greek, Egyptian and other inscriptions).
2004, The Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society, volume 29, page 31:[A] Mandaic specimen from Kutha (BM 91715) which contains two independent incantations separated by a line: a historiola relating the expulsion of a particular lilith and the report of a dream purportedly dreamt by the client[.]