Bagdana

Bagdana

Lesserfolk-consensusEarly medieval Jewish magicMesopotamia (Nippur)
Origin

No mythic origin story is preserved in the supplied documentary sources. The available attestation is documentary: Bagdana appears as a named agent within the corpus of early medieval Mesopotamian Jewish incantation texts and on inscribed protective bowls from Nippur. Beyond this cataloguing function in ritual texts, the sources do not provide a narrative origin.

Appearance

The provided sources do not describe any physical appearance for Bagdana. The name is recorded in textual and artifact contexts (incantation bowls and Aramaic incantation texts) but no descriptive imagery or bodily attributes are supplied in the cited material.

Abilities

The sources identify Bagdana as a named demon within ritual and incantatory literature, which implies it was regarded as an agent requiring counter-magical measures. The texts do not specify particular powers, actions, or behaviors attributable to Bagdana; no concrete abilities are preserved in the supplied documentation.

Weaknesses & Wards

Weaknesses

None recorded.

Wards

  • ritual
    incantation bowls and Aramaic incantation texts

Community Record

Sources
  1. [1]
    Bagdana (Judaism) — Wikipedia. Wikipedia, 'Bagdana (Judaism)'wiki
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  3. [3]
    Wikidata entry for Bagdana. Wikidata Q2765385other
folk-consensus