The witches of Smyrna(Anatolian Greek town)

[Hellenas]

The magic in Asia Minor



Asia Minor is the center from which the magic art of the historical period was spread in the Greek world. Greek magic receives influences of Babylonian, Assyrian, Egyptian and Persian practices from the Late Archaic period onwards. Earlier stages are not recognizable: the mythological "witches" in Homer (Medea, Kirkish) and the craftsmen-magicians (Hephaestus, Fingers, Telchins) maintain a predominantly divine or semi-divine character. The "magic" treatment practices of the Odyssey, where Odysseus's wound closes thanks to an epic (magical song), are not yet differentiated from medicine. Even the practice of necromancy in the same work does not constitute a deviation from pious religious behavior, although it is a basic magic practice during the historical period.

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There were witches in Smyrna until its disaster.








Mara Meimaridi wrote a novel concerning that.













That became a tv series












Ismene Barakle also wrote the novel "witch hunting".

[itilvolga]

Impressive. Nice to see my hometown with such a deep story

[Hellenas]

Some photos of Smyrna women.

[King Niko]

They have something called Banshees, would these be similar to those?