title: Sasanian Amulet Practices and their Survival in Islamic Iran and Beyond
creator: Kiyanrad, Sarah
subject: ddc-290
subject: 290 Other and comparative religions
subject: ddc-390
subject: 390 Customs, etiquette, folklore
description: As  an  element  of  material  culture  and  popular  belief,  amulets  reflect  the  religious  and  cultural  identity  of  their  producers  and/or  wearers.  However,  they may also testify to centuries-old iconographical (and textual) traditions. To remain effective and to meet the prevailing religious concepts of the time, those ancient amuletic iconographies and textual elements needed to be reinterpreted. This article takes a look into continuities between Sasanian and Islamic amulet culture in Iran, focusing on the technique of binding and sealing forces referred to on many Late Antique and Islamic amulets.
publisher: de Gruyter
date: 2018
type: Article
type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserverhttps://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/32693/1/10.1515_islam-2018-0003.pdf
identifier: DOI:10.11588/heidok.00032693
identifier: https://doi.org/10.1515/islam-2018-0003
identifier: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-326939
identifier:   Kiyanrad, Sarah  (2018) Sasanian Amulet Practices and their Survival in Islamic Iran and Beyond.  Der Islam, 95 (1).  pp. 65-90.  ISSN 0021-1818 (Druck-Ausg.); 1613-0928 (Online-Ausg.)     
relation: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/32693/
rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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language: ger