Etruscan Roman RemainsCosimo, Inc., 2007 M01 1 - 400 páginas The Etruscans are one of history's great mysteries -- a sophisticated society that flourished at the heart of the Classical world and then vanished, leaving relatively few archaeological remains and few records of their culture. The Etruscans were adept at magic, and Etruscan books of spells were common among the Romans but they have not survived. While greatly influenced by the Greeks, the Etruscans retained elements of an ancient non-Western culture, and these archaic traits contributed greatly to the civilization once thought of as purely Roman (gladiators, for example, and many kinds of divination). Leland retrieves elements of Etruscan culture from the living popular traditions of remote areas of the Italian countryside where belief in "the old religion" survives to an astonishing degree. Recorded when many of these secret beliefs and practices were fading away, this remarkable volume deals with ancient gods, spirits, witches, incantations, prophecy, medicine, spells, and amulets, giving full descriptions, illustrations, and instructions for practice. |
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... Romagna Toscana , the inhabitants of which speak a rude form of the Bolognese dialect . These Romagnoli are manifestly a very ancient race , and appear to have preserved tra- BEGOI ditions and observances little changed from an ...
... Romagna Toscana , the inhabitants of which speak a rude form of the Bolognese dialect . These Romagnoli are manifestly a very ancient race , and appear to have preserved tra- BEGOI ditions and observances little changed from an ...
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... Romagna is applied to their district because it once formed part of the Papal or Roman dominion , and it is not to be confounded with La Romagna proper . Roughly speaking , the region to which I refer may be described as lying between ...
... Romagna is applied to their district because it once formed part of the Papal or Roman dominion , and it is not to be confounded with La Romagna proper . Roughly speaking , the region to which I refer may be described as lying between ...
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... Romagna Toscana are familiar with scores of these spells , but the skilled repetition and execution of them is in the hands of certain cryptic witches , and few obscure wizards who belong to mystic families , in which the occult art is ...
... Romagna Toscana are familiar with scores of these spells , but the skilled repetition and execution of them is in the hands of certain cryptic witches , and few obscure wizards who belong to mystic families , in which the occult art is ...
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... Romagna Toscana , who have lived with little change since prehistoric times , have preserved , through Etruscan , Latin , and Christian rule , a primæval Shamanism or a rude animism - that is , worship of spirits - and a very simple ...
... Romagna Toscana , who have lived with little change since prehistoric times , have preserved , through Etruscan , Latin , and Christian rule , a primæval Shamanism or a rude animism - that is , worship of spirits - and a very simple ...
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... Romagna . Thus it often happened that I was from weeks to years in collecting certain items . The real pioneer in folk - lore like this , has always a most ungrateful task . He has to overcome difficulties of which few readers have any ...
... Romagna . Thus it often happened that I was from weeks to years in collecting certain items . The real pioneer in folk - lore like this , has always a most ungrateful task . He has to overcome difficulties of which few readers have any ...
Contenido
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LARES LASA | 80 |
VII TITUNOALBINAVERBIODUSIOREMLEJANO MEANA MONTULGA TALENAPICO | 122 |
CHAP PAGE | 251 |
THE EXORCISM OF DEATHTHE SPELL OF THE CRADLE DIVINATION WITH LEAD | 303 |
EVIL INCANTATIONSTHE SPELL OF THE HOLY STONE AND THE SALAGRANATHE | 326 |
LETTERED CYLINDER | 362 |
ROMAN SLINGSTONE | 373 |
377 | |
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Etruscan Roman Remains in Popular Tradition (Classic Reprint) Charles Godfrey Leland Sin vista previa disponible - 2017 |
Términos y frases comunes
amulet ancient Aplu appears beautiful Befania believe Bella Marta Benevento bewitched buona fortuna burning called Carmenta casa charm child Christian church Corredoio cosi cure curious daughter declared deities devil Diana divination dream earth Etruria Etruscan evil eyes Faflon fairy Feronia fire Florence folk-lore folletto fortuna fortune Fufluns girl give goblins goddess gods grazia gypsy hair heathen incantation invocation Italian Italy kind king lady Lares Larunda Lasii Latin legend light live Losna lover luck magic Magonia MARCELLUS Mater Matuta midnight mother mysterious myth mythology never night Nortia observed old woman once pass Patána peasant pig-pen possa pray PRELLER priest reader regards religion remarkable Romagna Romagnola Roman Saint Schedius sempre song sorcery soul spell spirit stone story strange strega tale Téramó thee things thou art Tinia Turanna Tuscan unto voglio witch witchcraft wizard word
Pasajes populares
Página 26 - The babe was born at the first peep of day ; He began playing on the lyre at noon, And the same evening did he steal away Apollo's herds...