The tree of the Bourlémonts : gendered beliefs in fairies and their transmission from old to young women in Joan of Arc's Domrémy / Andrea Maraschi -- The rejuvenating blood : Marsilio Ficino and the witches / Marina Montesano -- The circulation and exchange of ideas, myths, leg…
The tree of the Bourlémonts : gendered beliefs in fairies and their transmission from old to young women in Joan of Arc's Domrémy / Andrea Maraschi -- The rejuvenating blood : Marsilio Ficino and the witches / Marina Montesano -- The circulation and exchange of ideas, myths, leg…
"'The world today is as furiously religious as it ever was.' This quote from Peter Berger now appears to be undisputed in the contemporary social and cultural sciences. A look around the globe reveals that modernization does not necessarily lead to a decline of religion, neither…
by Religious Thought and Lived Religion in China (Conference), Vancouver, B.C.), Overmyer, Daniel L., Religious Thought and Lived Religion in China: A Conference in Honour of Professor Daniel L. Overmyer on His Retirement, Vancouver, B.C.)
fromMonumenta serica monograph series
"Legend and Belief is a descriptive and analytical study of the legend, the most prolific and characteristic form of folklore in contemporary Western civilization. Not that the legend does not have ancient roots; like the tale, the joke, the ballad, the proverb, or mummery, it w…
by Zinn, Dorothy Louise, De Martino, Ernesto
fromHAU books
"This new translation of Sud e magia, his 1959 study of ceremonial magic and witchcrafts in southern Italy, shows how de Martino is not interested in the question of whether magic is rational or irrational but rather in why it came to be perceived as a problem of knowledge in th…
"This new translation of Sud e magia, his 1959 study of ceremonial magic and witchcrafts in southern Italy, shows how de Martino is not interested in the question of whether magic is rational or irrational but rather in why it came to be perceived as a problem of knowledge in th…
"This new translation of Sud e magia, his 1959 study of ceremonial magic and witchcrafts in southern Italy, shows how de Martino is not interested in the question of whether magic is rational or irrational but rather in why it came to be perceived as a problem of knowledge in th…
"For more than five centuries the shamanistic fox cult has attracted large portions of the Chinese population and appealed to a wide range of social classes. Deemed illicit by imperial rulers and clerics and officially banned by republican and communist leaders, the fox cult has…
For more than five centuries the shamanistic fox cult has attracted large portions of the Chinese population and appealed to a wide range of social classes. Deemed illicit by imperial rulers and clerics and officially banned by republican and communist leaders, the fox cult has …
The region once known as Pimeria Alta--now southern Arizona and northern Sonora--has for more than three centuries been a melting pot for the beliefs of native Tohono O'odham and immigrant Yaquis and those of colonizing Spaniards and Mexicans. The author reveals some of the supe…
The region once known as Pimeria Alta--now southern Arizona and northern Sonora--has for more than three centuries been a melting pot for the beliefs of native Tohono O'odham and immigrant Yaquis and those of colonizing Spaniards and Mexicans. The author reveals some of the supe…
