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<blockquote data-quote="Doug McCrae" data-source="post: 8414518" data-attributes="member: 21169"><p><em>These are from the glossary in Georg Luck, Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds 2e (2006). Note that goes and hariolus have negative connotations:</em></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Greek</span></strong></p><p></p><p><em><strong>goes</strong> '</em>wizard, sorcerer, juggler, charlatan'... The word can designate the "wizard" (a low-class type of <em>magos</em>) or any quack, humbug, or impostor... Originally, <em>goetes </em>(from <em>goao '</em>to wail') could have been an early Greek shaman whose specialty was a ritual lament over the dead (screams uttered in ecstasy), but it could refer to shrill cries uttered in a normal state of consciousness, during a magical ritual.</p><p><em><strong>iatromantis</strong> '</em>physician-seer', also 'miracle-worker' (semimythical figures like Abaris, Aristeas, Epimenides, Hermotimus). Another form of shamanism in Greek culture (diagnosis, prescription, and prognosis made in trance).</p><p><em><strong>psychagogos</strong> '</em>expert in raising spirits' (to consult them about the future or use them as harmful agents).</p><p><em><strong>sibylla</strong> '</em>ecstatic female seer of a certain type' (localized, attached to sanctuary, but prophesying without answering formal questions).</p><p><em><strong>theios aner</strong> '</em>divine man, holy man', i.e., miracle-worker, prophet, healer, shaman.</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Latin</span></strong></p><p></p><p><em><strong>gnarus</strong> '</em>one who knows'. Probably vague on purpose, like other terms of this kind.</p><p><em><strong>hariolus</strong> '</em>[ecstatic] seer, prophet, diviner', but usually in a pejorative sense.</p><p><em><strong>peritus</strong> '</em>expert' (in magic).</p><p><em><strong>Sibylla</strong> '</em>type of female diviner, ecstatic prophetess', sometimes worshiped as deity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doug McCrae, post: 8414518, member: 21169"] [I]These are from the glossary in Georg Luck, Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds 2e (2006). Note that goes and hariolus have negative connotations:[/I] [B][SIZE=5]Greek[/SIZE][/B] [I][B]goes[/B] '[/I]wizard, sorcerer, juggler, charlatan'... The word can designate the "wizard" (a low-class type of [I]magos[/I]) or any quack, humbug, or impostor... Originally, [I]goetes [/I](from [I]goao '[/I]to wail') could have been an early Greek shaman whose specialty was a ritual lament over the dead (screams uttered in ecstasy), but it could refer to shrill cries uttered in a normal state of consciousness, during a magical ritual. [I][B]iatromantis[/B] '[/I]physician-seer', also 'miracle-worker' (semimythical figures like Abaris, Aristeas, Epimenides, Hermotimus). Another form of shamanism in Greek culture (diagnosis, prescription, and prognosis made in trance). [I][B]psychagogos[/B] '[/I]expert in raising spirits' (to consult them about the future or use them as harmful agents). [I][B]sibylla[/B] '[/I]ecstatic female seer of a certain type' (localized, attached to sanctuary, but prophesying without answering formal questions). [I][B]theios aner[/B] '[/I]divine man, holy man', i.e., miracle-worker, prophet, healer, shaman. [B][SIZE=5]Latin[/SIZE][/B] [I][B]gnarus[/B] '[/I]one who knows'. Probably vague on purpose, like other terms of this kind. [I][B]hariolus[/B] '[/I][ecstatic] seer, prophet, diviner', but usually in a pejorative sense. [I][B]peritus[/B] '[/I]expert' (in magic). [I][B]Sibylla[/B] '[/I]type of female diviner, ecstatic prophetess', sometimes worshiped as deity. [/QUOTE]
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