Bonner, SMA – PDF, 331.

Psyche, 35, 43, 120; threatening Eros with torch, 121; bound by Eros, 121-122

Ptah-Sokar-Asar as dwarfish child, 157

Pterygoma, magical inscription in wing form, 88

Ram-headed god (Chnum-Amon ?), 87, 143

Random writing passed as magical, 193-194

Raphael, name of archangel, given to Gnostic demon, 160

Reaper, design on amulets for sciatica, 72 f.; origin of type, 74-75

Reaping in Egyptian Elysium, 75

Rider Saint, 211 ff.

Ring of Hermes, 14

Rings, magical, 4-5

Sa, Egyptian sign for protection, 160, 194

Sabaoth, as divine name, 170

Salmoneus, myth, 23

Samaritan letters on bilingual plaque, 180

Sarapis, his name cut on bronze plate as amulet, 9; in acclamation, 10; replaces Osiris, 24; as Hades, 40; 41, 42, 46, 114; as Agathodaimon serpent, 125; 141; with solar attributes, 150; combined with Agathodaimon in snake-headed human body, 161-162; human head with serpent body, 162; 231; shown enthroned in elaborate design, 235

Scalplock, Egyptian, worn by infant Horus (Harpocrates), 150

Scarab, of lapis lazuli, amulet in British Museum, 10, 39, 154, 238; hawk-headed, 84

Scarabaeus beetle, 8; with head of man, or hawk, or dog, 154; on Horus amulet, 157

Sciatica, amulets for, 71-74

Scorpion, design on amulets, 77-78

Seals: magical intaglios not cut as seals, 10; "seal of God," 209-210, cf. 220, top

Secret names of gods and demons, 11, 188, 196-200

Selene, 170, 197, 199

Serpent, see Snake

Set, Set-Typhon, 20, 24, 84, 106, 111, 130, 142, 165- 166, 177, 202-203, 216

Sethians, 24, 131, 216, 231

Shapes of amulets, 9, 39; unusual shapes, 238-244

Sheep, old Egyptian species, 237

Shu, 158

Sige, Silence, companion of Gnostic first Aion, 106

Silenus, 65-66

Sisinnius, Saint, 210, 220

Snake, element in Chnoubis type, 54; human-headed, 54, 58, 235-236; guarding eggs, 58; as mummy, 58-59; in Mithraic scenes, 126; in heretical Christian designs (?), 225; as guardian of a mummy, 235-236

Snake-headed gods or demons, 160-162; snake-headed gods as Sarapis-Agathodaimon, 161-162

Snake-legged giants, influence on type of cock-headed anguipede, 124

Snake-legged god with cock's head, 123-135; see Cock-headed anguipede

Snake-legged monster in Syria, 124

Solomon, 27; represented as an orator, 209; as type of Christ, 210

"Solomon" amulets, 208-209

Sovereigns represented as mounted warriors, 210

Sphinxlike monster on bronze medal and pendant, 218, 219

Spindle-shaped amulets, see Fusiform amulets Spiral inscriptions, 84

Stelae of Horus, magical, 22, 156-157, 246

Stele inscribed with magical signs, 112

Sthombaule formula, 90, 159

Stone axes, with later magical inscriptions, 10, n. 33; 132, n. 50; 238

Summanus, Roman god of nocturnal lightning, 139, n. 72

Sun, worship of, 133; influence of solar religion on amulets, 154

Sun-god, in chariot, 127

Sword, held as threat to demonic powers (?), 92

Sword of Dardanus, 14, 17, 20, 35, 120

Syncretism in magical amulets, 156

Tabula ansata inscribed with magical signs, 112

Talisman, meaning of, 2

Tantalus, 88-89

Tetragrammaton (JHVH), 29; remarkable abbreviation of it, 53

Thermuthis, 205

Theseus, 43

Thoth, 1, 24, 40, 41, 162; apparent fusion with Agathos Daimon, 205; occurrence of the name along with Iao and angel names, 239; 242

Threatening gods, 23

Thueris (Taurt), 24, 40; guardian of pregnant women, 86

Thunderbolt, 88

Triangular amulets, 175, 238

"Trinitarian" amulet, 175

Trisagion, on a Byzantine medal, 219

Trophy, 239, 244-245

Tyche, as divinity, 41, 178; luck, object of magical charms, 49

Typhon, 84, 86, 87, 124; hatred between Typhon and Osiris, 106; between Isis and Typhon, 106

Udjat, eye of Osiris (or Horns), 8

Unclean spirits, amulet protecting against, 96

Unintelligible words, 7, 1; long unintelligible in-scriptions, 117, 220; use of unintelligible words in magic, 189; among Bataks of Sumatra, ibid.

Unpronounceable sequences of letters, 194, 216

Uterine amulets, 79-94

Uterus, representation on amulets, 79-92; conceived as having independent life, 90-91

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