Intention · Certain
Protection
A controlled ritual-intention term for protective or warding associations.
Profile research status
This stable record is still in evidence review. Its current identity, cultural scope, image, and direct source records are available here; a complete history, myth, worship, iconography, relationship, and reception profile is not yet claimed.
Direct connections and evidence
Cross Source
protective rowan customs
The edge preserves named protective customs without treating them as universal plant meanings. Physical preparation is not recommended.
2 attestations · high confidence
- T. F. Thiselton-Dyer, The Folk-Lore of PlantsFirst edition · Wellcome Collection · Customs collected in nineteenth-century folklore surveys · Scottish Highlands, German villages, and broader European folklore · Book The Folk-Lore of Plants · Chapter IV · Section Lightning Plants · Page 43-44
- Richard Folkard, Plant Lore, Legends, and LyricsFirst edition · Wellcome Collection · Customs collected in nineteenth-century folklore surveys · Scottish Highlands, German villages, and broader European folklore · Book Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics · Chapter Magical Plants · Page 110
Cross Source
protective St. John's wort customs
This is a folklore record, not a medical or physical-use recommendation.
2 attestations · high confidence
- T. F. Thiselton-Dyer, The Folk-Lore of PlantsFirst edition · Wellcome Collection · European customs collected in nineteenth-century folklore surveys · European St. John's Eve and plant-folklore traditions · Book The Folk-Lore of Plants · Chapter V · Section Plants in Witchcraft · Page 78
- Richard Folkard, Plant Lore, Legends, and LyricsFirst edition · Wellcome Collection · European customs collected in nineteenth-century folklore surveys · European St. John's Eve and plant-folklore traditions · Book Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics · Chapter St. John's Plants · Page 52
Explicit Source
counter-charm against witchcraft
The edge is limited to the cited English counter-charm tradition.
1 attestation · high confidence
- T. F. Thiselton-Dyer, The Folk-Lore of PlantsFirst edition · Wellcome Collection · Seventeenth-century English references summarized in 1889 · England · Book The Folk-Lore of Plants · Chapter V · Section Plants in Witchcraft · Page 56
Explicit Source
Pausanias reports Athenian Apollo Alexikakos as an averter of plague
The local plague-averting title does not support a medical promise or universal protective formula.
1 attestation · contextual confidence
- Pausanias; Spiro Greek edition and Jones/Ormerod translation volumes, Description of GreeceSpiro Greek edition and Jones/Ormerod English volumes represented by the Perseus CTS corpus, 1903-1935 · translated by W. H. S. Jones and H. A. Ormerod, volume-dependent · edited by Friedrich Spiro for the Greek edition · Perseus Digital Library / Scaife ATLAS · Greek religion under Roman imperial rule · Athens · Book 1 · Chapter 3 · Section 4
Explicit Source
The late Hymn to Ares asks the god for protection, courage, peace, and restraint
A source-scoped hymn prayer, not a universal magical promise or cult prescription.
1 attestation · medium confidence
- Anonymous Homeric Hymns; edited and translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Homeric HymnsHugh G. Evelyn-White edition and English translation in Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns and Homerica, 1914 · translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White · edited by Hugh G. Evelyn-White · Perseus Digital Library / Scaife ATLAS · Late Antique Greek world · Ancient Greece · Hymn 8 · Line 1-17
Explicit Source
Lagina’s Hecate protects Stratonikeia as its civic patron
Herring’s inscriptional and archaeological synthesis identifies local civic protection; the function is not generalized to every Hecate cult or modern working.
1 attestation · high confidence
- Amanda Herring, Hekate of Lagina: a goddess performing her civic dutyAnatolian Studies 72 (2022), pages 141-165 · British Institute at Ankara / Cambridge University Press · Greek religion under Roman imperial rule · Lagina in Caria · Page 156-160 · InscriptionId I.Stratonikeia 507, 510, 512
Reviewed sources
- T. F. Thiselton-Dyer, The Folk-Lore of Plants (1889)First edition · Wellcome Collection
- Richard Folkard, Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics (1884)First edition · Wellcome Collection
- Anonymous Homeric Hymns; edited and translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Homeric Hymns (1914)Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns and Homerica, London and New York, 1914 · Perseus Digital Library / Scaife ATLAS
- Pausanias; Spiro Greek edition and Jones/Ormerod translation volumes, Description of Greece (1935)Perseus CTS edition corpus, 1903-1935 · Perseus Digital Library / Scaife ATLAS
- Amanda Herring, Hekate of Lagina: a goddess performing her civic duty (2022)Anatolian Studies 72 (2022), pages 141-165 · British Institute at Ankara / Cambridge University Press