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IV. CHARMS PERTAINING TO WOMEN.
far, thus shall thy embryo be held fast, to produce a child after pregnancy!
I, 11. Charm for easy parturition. 1. Aryaman as active hotar-priest shall utter for thee the vashat-call at this (soma-) pressing, O Pashan! May (this) woman, (herself) begotten in the proper way, be delivered, may her joints relax, that she shall bring forth !
2. Four directions has the heaven, and also four the earth : (from these) the gods created the embryo. May they open her, that she shall bring forth !
3. May Sushan open : her womb do we cause to gape. Do thou, O Sushanâ, loosen the womb, do thou, O Bishkalâ, let go (the embryo)!
4. Attached not at all to the flesh, nor to the fat, not at all to the marrow, may the splotched, moist, placenta come down to be eaten by a dog! May the placenta fall down!
5. I split open thy vagina, thy womb, thy canals; I separate the mother and the son, the child along with the placenta. May the placenta fall down!
6. As flies the wind, as flies the mind, as fly the winged birds, so do thou, O embryo, ten months old, fall along with the placenta! May the placenta fall down!
I, 34. Charm with licorice, to secure the love
of a woman. 1. This plant is born of honey, with honey do we dig for thee. Of honey thou art begotten, do thou make us full of honey!
2. At the tip of my tongue may I have honey, at my tongue's root the sweetness of honey! In my
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