historiola

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noun

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).

OriginLatin historiola →
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Meanings

nounhistoriola (plural historiolas or historiolae)

plural historiolas · plural historiolae

  1. literaryA 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).

    [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[.]

    2004, The Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society, volume 29, page 31

Origin

  1. Latinhistoriola
  2. Englishhistoriola

From Latin historiola, from historia.

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historiola. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/historiola

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “historiola,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/historiola.

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