Il nome dissimulato, il nome travisato. Alcuni esempi negli scongiuri medievali

Abstract

This paper examines the different naming strategies adopted in Latin, Old High German and Romance spells before and during the Middle Ages: the altered name, the speaking name or effective name, the taboo denomination. In particular, the study focuses on the protagonists of a series of incantations for the prevention of bleeding that presuppose a common subtext. The names of these characters appear to the reader to be hermetic or alienating and an attempt is made to explain them.