historiola

English

Etymology

From Latin historiola, from historia.

Noun

historiola (plural historiolas or historiolae)

1. (literary) A spell which invokes a mythical narrative, asking for the events it describes or similar ones to be enacted (as found in some Greek, Egyptian and other inscriptions).
   • 2004, The Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society, volume 29, page 31:

     [A] Mandaic specimen from Kutha (BM 91715) which contains two independent incantations separated by a line: a historiola relating the expulsion of a particular lilith and the report of a dream purportedly dreamt by the client[.]