Gadarene swine
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A herd of swine that become possessed by demons after the latter are exorcised from men,…
A herd of swine that become possessed by demons after the latter are exorcised from men, in a parable told in each of the Synoptic Gospels, although not the Gospel of John.
- 2000 [1908, Weiser Books], R. Campbell Thompson, Semitic Magic: Its Origins and Development, Red Wheel/Weiser, page 208, The most remarkable parallel to this spell is contained in the New Testament story of the Gadarene swine.
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