From the Ancient Christian Magic
Text 11
Text: Cologne 851
Description: papyrus, 5.5 x 6.5 cm, seventh century
Bibliography: Dierk Wortmann, “Der weisse Wolf”
Translator: Marvin Meyer
Cologne 851 is an amulet, worn by a person named Joseph, against disease and specifically against fever. For this purpose Jesus Christ is invoked, as is the white wolf (with connections to the Egyptian god Horus and the Greek god Apollo), and the word ERICHTHONIE (compare the vocative form of the name of the Greek hero Erichthonios) is presented in “heart formation.”
TEXT
| Jesus Christ Heals the chill | Ж Ж Ж ERICHTHONIE RICHTHONIE ICHTHONIE CHTHONIE THONIE ONIE NIE IE E | Let the white wolf, the white wolf the white wolf |



