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Author : Chloe Turner
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ISBN 13 : 9781916111509
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (115 download)
Download or read book Witches Sail in Eggshells written by Chloe Turner and published by . This book was released on 2019-06 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Pickering
Publisher : David Pickering
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 730 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Dictionary of Witchcraft written by David Pickering and published by David Pickering. This book was released on 2014-01-19 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This acclaimed 180,000-word A-Z dictionary is a comprehensive and highly readable guide to witchcraft, revealing the historical reality beneath the popular stereotypes of old hags, broomsticks, and black cats. Complete with biographies of notorious witches and descriptions of their covens, familiars, spells and practices, it also contains colourful accounts of infamous trials and all the associated paraphernalia of witch-hunting, torture and persecution across Europe and colonial America. A first-class source book for the historian, folklorist and casual reader alike, it shows in vivid and bloody detail how witchcraft hysteria swept the western world in the post-medieval period and has continued to resurface into modern times.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 886 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Academy and Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 886 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Via Hedera
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789045703
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Folkloric American Witchcraft and the Multicultural Experience written by Via Hedera and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-26 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witchcraft and magic in America is an inherently multicultural experience and the folklore of our ancestors from every country converges here at a crossroads. It’s a complicated history; one of uncertainty and fear, displacement and enslavement, merging and migration. Our ancestors may not have agreed on how they saw the world or the magic that inhabits the world, but they shared a very real fear of Witches. Hags, Devils, charms and spells; witchery is rooted in our deepest superstitions and folklore. The traditions of people and their cultures stretch and intersect across the country and this is where the unique traditions of American witchcraft and magic are born. As practitioners seek to revive and reconstruct the paths of our ancestors, we’ve begun to trace the interconnected roots of witchcraft folklore as it emerged in the Americas, from the blending of people and their faiths. For multiracial practitioners, this is part of our identity as Americans and as witches of this country. Folkloric American Witchcraft and the Multicultural Experience is an exploration of the folklore, magic and witchcraft that was forged in the New World.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1082 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Harper's New Monthly Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 1082 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Important American periodical dating back to 1850.
Author : Elizabeth Knowles
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191578568
Total Pages : 816 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable written by Elizabeth Knowles and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2006-10-12 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Dictionary is part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in hardback format. What is a ham-and-egger? What are Anglo-Saxon attitudes? Who or what is liable to jump the shark? Who first tried to nail jelly to the wall? The answers to these and many more questions are in this fascinating book. Here in one volume you can track down the stories behind the names and sayings you meet, whether in classic literature or today's news. Drawing on Oxford's unrivalled bank of reference and language online resources, this dictionary covers classical and other mythologies, history, religion, folk customs, superstitions, science and technology, philosophy, and popular culture. Extensive cross referencing makes it easy to trace specific information, while every page points to further paths to explore. A fascinating slice of cultural history, and a browser's delight from start to finish. What is the fog of war? Who first wanted to spend more time with one's family? When was the Dreamtime? How long since the first cry of Women and children first? Where might you find dark matter? Would you want the Midas touch? Should you worry about grey goo?
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 748 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Academy and Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Imelda Almqvist
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789049075
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)
Download or read book North Sea Water in My Veins written by Imelda Almqvist and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06-24 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: North Sea Water in My Veins is a quest for the reconstruction of an indigenous or native spirituality of the Low Countries and covers pre-Christian material from the Netherlands, Belgium and the region just across the German border. Seeking out and documenting ancient gods and goddesses, practices and traditions, this book asks the question: is there enough material for such a reconstruction? The conclusion is a resounding yes!
Author : Joanne Robertson
Publisher : Dial Books
ISBN 13 : 9780803710702
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Sea Witches written by Joanne Robertson and published by Dial Books. This book was released on 1991-10-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Scottish grandmother explains the legend behind an old superstition to her grandson: Always crumble your eggshells, else the seawitches will get them and turn them into boats, from which they will cause storms and shipwrecks on the oceans.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 888 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Academy, with which are Incorporated Literature and the English Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Shakespeare
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Shakespeare's Macbeth written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ben Gazur
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1800183178
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (1 download)
Download or read book A Feast of Folklore written by Ben Gazur and published by Unbound Publishing. This book was released on 2024-09-26 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Diverting, delightful and deliciously weird enough to satisfy the most demanding appetite." — Christopher Hadley, author of The Road Folklorist Ben Gazur guides you through the dark alleys of British history to uncover how our food habits have been passed down through generations of folklore. Who was the first person to throw salt over their shoulder? Why do we think carrots can help us see in the dark? When did we start holding village fairs to honour gigantic apple pies? Or start hurling ourselves down hills in pursuit of a wheel of cheese? Gazur investigates the origins of famous food superstitions as well as much more bizarre and lesser-known tales too, from what day the devil urinates on blackberries to how to stop witches using eggshells as escape boats. Hilarious and fascinating, A Feast of Folklore will introduce you to the gloriously eccentric folk who aren’t often noticed by historians. Here lies a smorgasbord of their dark remedies and deadly delicacies, waiting to be discovered.
Author : Sally Coulthard
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1801104492
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Fowl Play written by Sally Coulthard and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-13 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From dinosaur to dinner plate, Sally Coulthard tells the fascinating – and sometimes shocking – story of the domestic chicken. The chicken can fly only a few metres but – somehow – this unlikely evolutionary descendant of Tyrannosaurus Rex has conquered the world. Earth is now home to more than twenty billion chickens, at least ten times more than any other bird. For every human on the planet, there are three chickens. In Fowl Play, Sally Coulthard charts the chicken's fascinating journey from dinosaur to domestication to exploitation, exploring every aspect of the history of Gallus gallus domesticus: its importance to the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans as food source and fighting bird; its symbolic roles in religion and folklore and metaphorical function in the language we use; its homely place as egg-providing companion on farms, smallholdings and in suburban back gardens; and its darker modern-day fate as battery bird raised to satisfy society's unquenchable addiction to wings and nuggets. Of all animals, chickens perhaps best represent the contradictory way we humans treat other species; both beloved pet and cheap commodity, symbol of a sustainable good life and brutalised object of factory farming. The chicken is also a bird we feel deeply familiar with and yet know very little about. As informative as it is entertaining, Fowl Play tells a remarkable tale of evolutionary change, epic global travel and ruthless exploitation – as well as of companionship, ingenuity and the folly of human nature.
Author : Leonard George Carr Laughton
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Mariner's Mirror written by Leonard George Carr Laughton and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Steve Roud
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141941626
Total Pages : 1004 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)
Download or read book The Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and Ireland written by Steve Roud and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2006-04-06 with total page 1004 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are black cats lucky or unlucky? What should you do when you hear the first cuckoo? Since when have people believed that it's unlucky to shoot an albatross? Why does breaking a mirror lead to misfortune? This fascinating collection answers these and many other questions about the world of superstitions and forms an endlessly browsable guide to a subject that continues to obsess and intrigue.
Author : G. J. C. Bois
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1467005606
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (67 download)
Download or read book Jersey Folklore & Superstitions Volume Two written by G. J. C. Bois and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-06-04 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in two volumes, the purpose of Jersey Folklore & Superstitions is three-fold: To bring all the previously published and any non-published material on Jersey folktales and superstitions together in one publication, to expand on the detail of this material and to place it in context by comparing it with similar or more complete traditions from the Gulf of St. Malo as a whole (Guernsey, Normandy and Brittany) and to consider its functions and origins. To this end they are further compared with traditions from Europe generally, with some examples from further afield and with mythologies worldwide. For Jersey readers this work will give an overview of their oral tradition, its significance and how it relates to the body of such traditions within Europe as a whole. For general readers the use of the Islands traditions as a template for those elsewhere, the process of comparison with those from other regions and the attempt to outline the broad range of sources from which they are drawn, may give an insight into particular areas of folk tradition generally, such as fairy-lore, indigenous sorcery (witchcraft), domestic superstition and the roles and origins of spectral animals and other beings. For this purpose, most chapters are broadly divided into four main sections. The Jersey material is presented first, followed by that from Guernsey, Normandy and Brittany, followed by an analysis using examples from further afield and from mythology. Each chapter concludes with a review and summary of this material. Liberal quotations of related ditons or sayings in Jrriais (the Jersey Language) are included with each chapter. The author has four previous publications; Jersey Superstitions in Etching & Poetry (hardcover 1981), An Introduction to Channel Islands Pewter (softcover 1993), Jersey Maritime Folklore (M/S format, 1996) and Sunbonnets in the Channel Islands & worldwide (CD-R 2005).
Author : David J. Stewart
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0813063965
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)
Download or read book The Sea Their Graves written by David J. Stewart and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2019-04-08 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like other groups with dangerous occupations, mariners have developed a close-knit culture bound by loss and memory. Death regularly disrupts the fabric of this culture and necessitates actions designed to mend its social structure. From the ritual of burying a body at sea to the creation of memorials to honor the missing, these events tell us a great deal about how sailors see their world. Based on a study of more than 2,100 gravestones and monuments in North America and the United Kingdom erected between the seventeenth and late twentieth centuries, David Stewart expands the use of nautical archaeology into terrestrial environments. He focuses on those who make their living at sea--one of the world's oldest and most dangerous occupations--to examine their distinct folkloric traditions, beliefs, and customs regarding death, loss, and remembrance.
