historiola

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English

Etymology

From Latin historiola, from historia.

Noun

historiola (plural historiolas or historiolae)

  1. (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[.]