The St. Sisynnios Ethiopian Legend Revisited: A Hitherto Unknown Version from the St Petersburg Institute of Oriental Manuscripts (Eth. 119)
The St. Sisynnios legend is an integral part of both Christian and popular Ethiopian historical traditions. It is known to exist in the Ge'ez language and constitutes a part of the compilation corpus based upon the so called magic or protective scrolls. There are two versions of the vita of St....
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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Scrinium
Year: 2019, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 340-345 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KBL Near East and North Africa KCD Hagiography; saints NBH Angelology; demonology |
| Further subjects: | B
female evil force
B magic scrolls B Ethiopian manuscripts B Ethiopian Church B St. Sisynnios B Hagiography B Witch B protective scrolls |
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| Summary: | The St. Sisynnios legend is an integral part of both Christian and popular Ethiopian historical traditions. It is known to exist in the Ge'ez language and constitutes a part of the compilation corpus based upon the so called magic or protective scrolls. There are two versions of the vita of St. Sisynnios. The shorter one is found in the Synaxarion, whereas the longer one is included in a corpus of hagiographical compilations "The Lives of the Martyrs". The text of the legend comprises various stories based on real facts from the Saint's life. However only some of them have been preserved intact; others have been re-told. Until recently have been discovered only three redactions of the vita. A new redaction recently discovered by the author of this article is of a paramount importance since it changes our view on how this legend did exist indeed in the Ethiopian cultural tradition. |
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| ISSN: | 1817-7565 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scrinium
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18177565-00151P23 |