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The Witch Figure Folklore Essays By A Group Of Scholars In England Honouring The 75th Birthday Ofkatherine M Briggs
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Book Synopsis The Witch Figure by : Venetia Newall
Download or read book The Witch Figure written by Venetia Newall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Katharine Briggs enjoys an unchallenged reputation in the world of folklore studies. The theme of this volume, the witch figure as a malevolent intermediary in folk belief, was chosen to reflect that aspect of Briggs's scholarship exemplified in her study of witchcraft, Pale Hecate's Team. The contributors draw on the disciplines of archaeology, comparative religion, sociology and literature and include: Carmen Blacker, H.R. Ellis Davidson, Margaret Dean-Smith, L.V. Grinsell, Christina Hole, Venetia Newall, Geoffrey Parrinder, Anne Ross, Jacqueline Simpson, Beatrice White, John Widdowson. Originally published in 1973.
Book Synopsis The Witch Figure, Folklore Essays by a Group of Scholars in England Honouring the 75th Birthday Ofkatherine M. Briggs by : Venetia J. Newall
Download or read book The Witch Figure, Folklore Essays by a Group of Scholars in England Honouring the 75th Birthday Ofkatherine M. Briggs written by Venetia J. Newall and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The witch figure : folklore essays by a group of scholars in England honouring the 75th birthday of Katharine M. Brikkgs by :
Download or read book The witch figure : folklore essays by a group of scholars in England honouring the 75th birthday of Katharine M. Brikkgs written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Witch Figure by : Venetia Newall
Download or read book The Witch Figure written by Venetia Newall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Katharine Briggs enjoys an unchallenged reputation in the world of folklore studies. The theme of this volume, the witch figure as a malevolent intermediary in folk belief, was chosen to reflect that aspect of Briggs's scholarship exemplified in her study of witchcraft, Pale Hecate's Team. The contributors draw on the disciplines of archaeology, comparative religion, sociology and literature and include: Carmen Blacker, H.R. Ellis Davidson, Margaret Dean-Smith, L.V. Grinsell, Christina Hole, Venetia Newall, Geoffrey Parrinder, Anne Ross, Jacqueline Simpson, Beatrice White, John Widdowson. Originally published in 1973.
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Download or read book The Witch Figure: Folklore Essays Honouring Katharine M. Briggs written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The New Generation Witches by : Peg Aloi
Download or read book The New Generation Witches written by Peg Aloi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-24 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the shelves of mainstream bookstores and the pages of teen magazines, to popular films and television series, contemporary culture at the turn of the twenty-first century has been fascinated with teenage identity and the presence of magic and the occult. Alongside this profusion of products and representations, a global network of teenage Witches has emerged on the margins of adult neopagan Witchcraft communities, identifying themselves through various spiritual practices, consumption patterns and lifestyle choices. The New Generation Witches is the first published anthology to investigate the recent rise of the teenage Witchcraft phenomenon in both Britain and North America. Scholars from Theology, Cultural Studies, Sociology, History and Media Studies, along with neopagan commentators outside of the academy, come together to investigate the experiences of thousands of adolescents constructing an enabling, magical identity through a distinctive practice of Witchcraft. The contributors discuss key areas of interest, inspiration and development within the teen Witch communities from the mid 1990s onward, including teenage Witches' magical practices and beliefs, gender politics, the formation and identification of communities, forums and modes of expression, media representation and new media outlets. Demonstrating the diversification and expansion of neopaganism in the twenty-first century, this anthology makes an exciting contribution to the field of Neopagan Studies and contemporary youth cultures.
Book Synopsis Dictionary of Plant Lore by : D.C. Watts
Download or read book Dictionary of Plant Lore written by D.C. Watts and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2007-05-02 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knowledge of plant names can give insight into largely forgotten beliefs. For example, the common red poppy is known as "Blind Man" due to an old superstitious belief that if the poppy were put to the eyes it would cause blindness. Many plant names derived from superstition, folk lore, or primal beliefs. Other names are purely descriptive and can serve to explain the meaning of the botanical name. For example, Beauty-Berry is the name given to the American shrub that belongs to the genus Callicarpa. Callicarpa is Greek for beautiful fruit. Still other names come from literary sources providing rich detail of the transmission of words through the ages.Conceived as part of the author's wider interest in plant and tree lore and ethnobotanical studies, this fully revised edition of Elsevier's Dictionary of Plant Names and Their Origins contains over 30,000 vernacular and literary English names of plants. Wild and cultivated plants alike are identified by the botanical name. Further detail provides a brief account of the meaning of the name and detailed commentary on common usage.* Includes color images * Inclusive of all Latin terms with vernacular derivatives * The most comprehensive guide for plant scientists, linguists, botanists, and historians
Book Synopsis The Materiality of Magic by : Ceri Houlbrook
Download or read book The Materiality of Magic written by Ceri Houlbrook and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subject of ‘magic’ has long been considered peripheral and sensationalist, the word itself having become something of an academic taboo. However, beliefs in magic and the rituals that surround them are extensive – as are their material manifestations – and to avoid them is to ignore a prevalent aspect of cultures worldwide, from prehistory to the present day. The Materiality of Magic addresses the value of the material record as a resource in investigations into magic, ritual practices, and popular beliefs. The chronological and geographic focuses of the papers presented here vary from prehistory to the present-day, including numinous interpretations of fossils and ritual deposits in Bronze Age Europe; apotropaic devices in Roman and Medieval Britain; the evolution of superstitions and ritual customs – from the ‘voodoo doll’ of Europe and Africa to a Scottish ‘wishing-tree’; and an exploration of spatiality in West African healing practices. The objectives of this collection of nine papers are twofold. First, to provide a platform from which to showcase innovative research and theoretical approaches in a subject which has largely been neglected within archaeology and related disciplines, and, secondly, to redress this neglect. The papers were presented at the 2012 Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) conference in Liverpool.
Book Synopsis Dreaming the English Renaissance by : C. Levin
Download or read book Dreaming the English Renaissance written by C. Levin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-10-13 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dreaming the English Renaissance examines ideas about dreams, actual dreams people had and recorded, and the many ways dreams were used in the culture and politics of the Tutor/Stuart age in order to provide a window into the mental life and the most profound beliefs of people of the time.
Book Synopsis The Origins of Drama in Scandinavia by : Terry Gunnell
Download or read book The Origins of Drama in Scandinavia written by Terry Gunnell and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 1995 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh look at early dramatic activity in Scandinavia, using archaeological, historical and literary evidence.
Download or read book Red Roses written by Amy Licence and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2016-03-07 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wars of the Roses were not just fought by men on the battlefield. Behind the scenes, there were daughters, wives, mistresses, mothers and queens whose lives and influences helped shape the most dramatic of English conflicts. This book traces the story of women on the Lancastrian side, from the children borne by Blanche, wife of John of Gaunt, through the turbulent fifteenth century to the advent of Margaret Beaufort's son in 1485 and the establishment of the Tudor dynasty. From the secret liaisons of Katherine Swynford and Catherine of Valois to the love lives of Mary de Bohun and Jacquetta of Luxembourg, to the queenship of Joan of Navarre and Margaret of Anjou, this book explores their experiences as women. What bound them to their cause? What real influence did they wield? Faced with the dangers of treason and capture, defamation and childbirth, read how these extraordinary women survived in extraordinary times.
Book Synopsis Library of Congress Catalog by : Library of Congress
Download or read book Library of Congress Catalog written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1974-04 with total page 1030 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cumulative list of works represented by Library of Congress printed cards.
Book Synopsis "Secret, Black, and Midnight Hags" by : Dietmar Tatzl
Download or read book "Secret, Black, and Midnight Hags" written by Dietmar Tatzl and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Asian Folklore Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Library of Congress Catalogs by : Library of Congress
Download or read book Library of Congress Catalogs written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales by : Donald Haase
Download or read book The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales written by Donald Haase and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2008 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Folk and fairy tales exist in all cultures and are at the heart of civilization. This massive Encyclopedia gives students and general readers a broad, multicultural survey of folk and fairy tales from around the world. Included are hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries written by numerous expert contributors. Entries cover themes and motifs, individuals, characters and character types, national traditions, genres, and a range of other topics. Each entry cites works for further reading, and the Encyclopedia closes with a bibliography of print and electronic resources. Literature students will welcome this book as an aid to understanding and analyzing folk and fairy tales as literary forms, while social studies students will appreciate it as an exploration of the essence of world cultures. Folk and fairy tales exist in all cultures and are at the heart of civilization. The most comprehensive work of its kind, this massive Encyclopedia gives students and general readers a broad, accessible, multicultural survey of folk and fairy tales from around the world. Edited by one of the foremost authorities on the subject, the Encyclopedia draws on the work of numerous expert contributors and covers a broad range of themes and motifs, characters and character types, genres, individuals, national traditions, and other topics. Entry topics were chosen in consultation with a nine-member Advisory Board that includes some of the most prominent scholars currently pursuing the study of folk and fairy tales, such as Professor Jack Zipes of the University of Minnesota, whose work has revolutionized research on fairy tales. Entries cite works for further reading, and the Encyclopedia closes with a bibliography of print and electronic resources. Literature students will value this book as an aid to understanding and analyzing folk and fairy tales as literary forms, while social studies students will appreciate the book's examination of the foundations of world cultures. And because many of these tales continue to influence films, television, and popular culture, general readers will welcome the Encyclopedia as a means of understanding the modern world.
Author :Gayla R. Steel Publisher :Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers ISBN 13 : Total Pages :168 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Sexual Tyranny in Wessex by : Gayla R. Steel
Download or read book Sexual Tyranny in Wessex written by Gayla R. Steel and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1993 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Folklore's ancient witch and demon figures fascinate us as they continue to materialize in literature with a vitality belying their age. Seeing these folkloric images as crucial metaphors in Hardy's works - as manifest expressions of human sexual aggression and as archetypal projections from his characters' unconscious - this study explores the tyranny they exercise over their victims. The book also vigorously pursues the astonishing truths Hardy unearths through these shape-shifting energies and through his use of related folk beliefs such as omens, weather lore, and healing rituals that draw the reader irresistibly into his charmed Wessex world.
