волшебная палочка

[kleevahew.livejournal.com]

Мне интересно, когда и где впервые придумали, упомянули такой артефакт, как волшебная палочка?

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[ulundo.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wand

In Pharaonic Egypt, toilette articles, weapons against possible enemies, amulets against serpents, were also left in the tomb, together with magic texts and a magic wand which enabled the ka (soul) to use them. The rod of Moses was a hazel wand[citation needed]. In catacomb frescoes of the third and fourth centuries, Christ is frequently represented performing miracles by means of a wand. In classical Greco-Roman mythology, the god Hermes/Mercury has a special wand called a caduceus.

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[granite-golem.livejournal.com]

Тогда уж, кстати, надо припомнить, когда скипетр стал символом власти.

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[ulundo.livejournal.com]

A rod or staff has long represented authority. Among the early Greeks the sceptre was a long staff, such as Agamemnon wielded (Iliad, i) or was used by respected elders (Iliad, xviii. 46; Herodotus 1. 196), and came to be used by judges, military leaders, priests and others in authority. It is represented on painted vases as a long staff tipped with a metal ornament.

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