THE SPELLS (TRANSLATED)
WHERE POSSIBLE, the Editor
has taken every opportunity to find the original Sumerian or Akkadian
translation of a given Greek charm of conjuration. These will be given here.
Also, the reader will find English translations of the Sumerian charms as they
are given in the NECRONOMICON. Not al of the charms are available this way, and
sometimes we have had to make do with near misses. Much of what is found here
has come from the Maklu text, of which the only extant translation is in the
German of Tallqvist ("Die Assyrische Beschworungsserie Maqlu nach dem originalen
im British Museum Herausgegeben" Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae, Tomm. XX,
No. 6, Helsingforsiae mdcccxcv). The word "maklu" or "maqlu" itself is
controversial, but Tallqvist seems to think that it does, indeed, mean
"burning"; especially so as the incantations to be found therein invariably
entail burning something, usually a doll made in the likeness of a witch or evil
sorcerer that the magician wished to dispose of. Hence, we have here probably
the archetype of the Great Burning Times of the Inquisition, when people were
condemned to a fiery death as Witches and Pagans. The chant "burn, witch! burn!"
can be found in the Maklu text, in all its pristine glory. Indeed, Cthulhu
Calls.
The Conjuration "The Binding of the Evil
Sorcerers"
Alsi ku nushi ilani mushiti
Itti kunu alsi mushitum
kallatum kuttumtum
Alsi bararitum qablitum u namaritum
Ashshu kashshaptu u
kashshipanni
Eli nitum ubbiraanni
Ili-ia u Ishtari-ia
ushis-su-u-eli-ia
Eli ameri-ia amru-usanaku
Imdikula salalu musha u
urra
Qu-u imtana-allu-u pi-ia
Upu unti pi-ia iprusu
Me mashtiti-ia
umattu-u
Eli li nubu-u xiduti si-ipdi
Izizanimma ilani rabuti shima-a
dababi
Dini dina alakti limda
Epu-ush salam kashshapi-ia u
kashshapti-ia
Sha epishia u mushtepishti-ia
Is mass-ssarati sha mushi
lipshuru ruxisha limnuti
Pisha lu-u ZAL.LU Lishanusha Lu-u Tabtu
Sha
iqbu-u amat limutti-ia kima ZAL.LU litta-tuk
Sha ipushu kishpi kima Tabti
lishxarmit
qi-ishrusha pu-uttu-ru ipshetusha xulluqu
Kal amatusha malla-a
sseri
Ina qibit iqbu-u ilani mushitum.
The
Conjuration "XILQA XILQA BESA BESA" or "A Most Excellent Charm Against the
Hordes of Demons" etc.
Arise! Arise! Go far away! Go far
away!
Be shamed! Be shamed! Flee! Flee!
Turn around, go, arise and go far
away!
Your wickedness may rise to heaven like unto smoke!
Arise and leave
my body!
From my body, depart in shame!
From my body flee!
Turn away
from my body!
Go away from my body!
Do not return to my body!
Do no
come near my body!
Do not approach my body!
Do not throng around my
body!
Be commanded by Shammash the Mighty!
Be commanded by Enki, Lord of
All!
Be commanded by Marduk, the Great Magician of the Gods!
Be commanded
by the God of Fire, your Destroyer!
May you be held back from my
body!
"Another Binding of the
Sorcerers"
Ssalmani-ia ana pagri tapqida duppira
Ssalmani-ia
ana pagri taxira duppira
Ssalmani-ia iti pagri tushni-illa
duppira
Ssalmani ini ishdi pagri tushni-illa duppira
Ssalmani-ia qimax
pagri taqbira duppira
Ssalmani-ia ana qulqullati tapqida
duppira
Ssalmani-ia ina igari tapxa-a duppira
Ssalmani-ia ina askuppati
Tushni-illa duppira
Ssalmani-ia ina bi'sha duri tapxa-a
duppira
Ssalmani-ia ana GISHBAR tapqida duppira
The Conjuration of the Mountains of MASHU"
May the
mountain overpower you!
May the mountain hold you back!
May the mountain
conquer you!
May the mountain frighten you!
May the mountain shake you to
the core!
May the mountain hold you in check!
May the mountain subject
you!
May the mountain cover you!
May the mighty mountain fall on
you,
May you be held back from my body!
(Note: the original translator had noted the resemblance between the
Greek word for Lors, kurios, and the Sumerian word for mountain, kur, and for a
type of underworld, chthoic, monster which is also called kur and which refers
to the Leviathan of the Old Testament. Also, in this particular conjuration, the
word for mountain is shadu - shaddai ? The Old Serpent KUR is, of course,
invoked every day by the Christians: Kyrie Eleison!)
Sumerian | English |
---|---|
Akhkharu | Vampire |
Alal | Destroyer |
Alla Xul | Evil God |
Barra! | Begone! |
Dingir Xul | Evil God |
Edin Na Zu! | Go to the Desert! (a form of exorcism) |
Gelal | Incubus |
Gigim xul | Evil Spirit |
Gidim Xul | Evil Ghost |
Idimmu | Demon |
Idpa | Fever |
Kashshaptu | Witch |
Lalartu | Phantom |
Lalssu | Spectre |
Lilit | Succubus |
Maskim Xul | Evil Fiend (Ambusher, Lier-In-Wait) |
Mulla Xul | Evil Devil |
Rabishu | (same as Maskim Xul) |
Telal | Wicked Demon (Warrior) |
Uggae | God of Death |
Uruku | Larvae |
Utuk Xul | Evil Spirit |
Zi Dingir Anna Kanpa! | Spirit, God of the Sky, Remember! |
Zi Dinger Kia Kanpa! | Spirit, God of the Earth, Remember! |