cortel nero

Italian

Noun

cortel nero

  1. Literally "black knife"; a steel-bladed knife used in Renaissance-era ceremonial magic, having a black handle, and magical symbols engraved on the handle and written in ink on the blade, and which inspired the later athame of Wicca.
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