The Probert Encyclopaedia of Other Mythology

ABRAXAS

Abraxas was an ancient Greek word of power made into an amulet for protection against ills. The amulets, or talismans, were known as Abraxas Stones and were cut into symbolic forms combing a fowl's head, a serpent's body and human limbs and engraved with the name Abraxas.
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