Publication at Faculty of Arts |
2017
Abstract
Thechapter focuses on the use of mother's name as a determinant in the Roman curse tablets and it also considers curse tablets bearing the name of goddesses. A few of them bear the name of Mater Magna.
This chapter highlights how surprising this is: indeed, usually, such kind of help in casting a curse is requested from chthonic gods such as Persephone, Hades or Hermes (as the only god between Olympus and underworld) and especially Demeter. Some explanations to this phenomenon are suggested in this chapter.