Women's knowledge: magic and medicine

Authors

  • Montserrat Camps Gaset Universidad de Barcelona

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/arenal.v7i2.16769

Keywords:

Magic. Medicine, Witches, Love potions, Feminine health

Abstract

This paper analyses the constant intersection between magic and medicine in Ancient Greek women's knowledge. This kind of wisdom fits into popular knowledge and can be already found in mythology with characters like Circe, Medea or Pasifae. All these women belong to Helios' family and they are closer to the divine world than to the human one, witches that know magic potions and healing remedies. These feminine activities stand beyond the city religion and their field of activity is restricted to family and acquaintances, to the domestic ambit. On the other hand, their most requested services must have been love potions but also everything related to birth and feminine health.

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Published

2001-03-27

How to Cite

Camps Gaset, M. (2001). Women’s knowledge: magic and medicine. Arenal. Revista De Historia De Las Mujeres, 7(2), 323–340. https://doi.org/10.30827/arenal.v7i2.16769