King Solomon and St. Sisnnios: replica silver apotropiac coin charm

Protective charms traditionally to protect from night hags, demons, and witches. Especially in the protection of pregnant women, new mothers and infants.

“Once evil is invited in, tremendous effort is required to show it to the door and kick its cloven hoof off the threshold….”

So its good to be a little proactive with protective charms…

Protective charms traditionally to protect from night hags, demons, and witches. Especially in the protection of pregnant women, new mothers and infants.

A Byzentine replica of a silver coin, with the legend of Solomon and Saint Sisnnios “Flee, accursed one, Solomon is after you, Sisinnios, Sisnnarios.” And then on the other side “Seal of Solomon, it drives all evils away from its bearer.”

Silver apotropiac charm of antiquity replica

The Legend of Saint Sisinnios

The story of St. Sisinnios assisting his sister Melitene against the demon Gyllou occurs in a group of different texts (These are also thetexts in which Gyllou is compelled to reveal its “twelve and a half names”). These have been variously referred to as the “historiola” where in “the Greek tradition the woman is usually called Melitene”,Spier (1993), p. 36 or “Melitine charm”,[56] or “Melitene type of Gylou story”,[57] or gello exorcism texts.[58] The text group has been analyzed by Richard P. H. Greenfield in 1989, with the oldest example from a 15th century manuscript.[74][75]

In the 15th century manuscript version, the tale is set in the time of “Trajan the King”.[60] After losing six children to the Gyllou, Melitene gives birth to a seventh child inside a fortification she built at Chalcopratia [fr] (a part of the Constantinople). When her brothers, Sisinnios, Sines, and Sinodoros demand admittance, the “filthy” Gyllou[k] gains entry by transforming into a fly clinging to the horse, and kills the child.[60][76] The saints pray and an angel appears who instructs them to pursue the Gyllou to Lebanon. The Saints compel the demon to bring back to life all of Melitene’s children, which the demon accomplishes after obtaining the mother’s milk from Melitene. The saints continue to beat Gyllou, who begs mercy in return for revealing that she could be kept away with a charm inscribed with the names of the saints and with all of her different names.[60] Then she proceeds to divulge her “twelve and a half names” (although what is meant by a “half name” is unclear).