- Author
- Not stated (Wikipedia, written by volunteer editors)
- Published
- Last edited 1 August 2026
- Kind
- Encyclopedia stub article
- Original
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charakt%C3%AAres
- Subject
- Occult, myth and religion
- Themes
- Belief at work
What it is
The page defines charaktêres as letter-shaped signs with no meaning or sound, used in magic. It notes forms, counts and typical uses. The page is marked as a stub.
What it says
- The article defines charaktêres as letter-shaped signs with no meaning or sound, used in magic.
- It reports that Kirsten Dzwiza's 2013 thesis found 699 different signs in 94 magical texts.
- It says they were not intended as an alphabet or code. They mostly appear on protective spells.
What evidence it gives
The article is short. It rests on five cited works by Dzwiza, Németh, Frankfurter, Edmonds and Gordon. It offers no analysis of its own.
Interests and limits
The page is a stub and very short. It summarizes secondary sources, so its claims are only as strong as those. It does not explain what the signs meant.