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Definition of Apotropaic
1. Adjective. Having the power to prevent evil or bad luck.
Definition of Apotropaic
1. Adjective. Intended to ward off evil. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apotropaic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apotropaic
Literary usage of Apotropaic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Disease-spirits and Divine Cures Among the Greeks and Romans by Cesidio Ruel Simboli (1921)
"The apotropaic Ritual IT was but natural for a people, steeped in such superstitious
beliefs as those sketched in the preceding pages, ..."
2. The Proceedings of the Charaka Club by Charaka Club (1919)
"Prophylactic medicine, as adumbrated in the classical literature, was threefold: (1)
apotropaic, designed to avert disease by prayers and sacrifice. ..."
3. Astral Magic in Babylonia by Erica Reiner (1995)
"332 One expects that each collection of omens had its parallel apotropaic ritual.
But while the omen collections were serialized, that is, arranged in books ..."
4. The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: Terracotta Figurines of the Classical by Gloria S. Merker (2000)
"On genital symbols as apotropaic devices and reflections of sexual attitudes,
... 276-293, on the apotropaic use of genital symbolism, and p. ..."
5. Studies in Honor of Maurice Bloomfield by Maurice Bloomfield (1920)
"3, apotropaic against Vrtra. One singular (7. 33. ... The other five singulars
are apotropaic; 5. 22. ... 10, a simile with the apotropaic dancing ..."
6. The History of Religions by Edward Washburn Hopkins (1918)
"the fetish-log and idol are originally apotropaic images ie, ... But as a general
theory of the origin of idols the apotropaic explanation will not suffice. ..."
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