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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... Tuscan or Etrurian origin . Of these one hundred sorceries I have found about one - half still in current use , or at least known . As given by Marcellus they are often imperfect , many incantations being wanting . Some of these I have ...
... Tuscan or Etrurian origin . Of these one hundred sorceries I have found about one - half still in current use , or at least known . As given by Marcellus they are often imperfect , many incantations being wanting . Some of these I have ...
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... Tuscan times . That such a survival under such a stratum is not without parallel , I have shown by an incident , which is thus described in my Gypsy Sorcery : - " It has been discovered of late years in India , that during thousands of ...
... Tuscan times . That such a survival under such a stratum is not without parallel , I have shown by an incident , which is thus described in my Gypsy Sorcery : - " It has been discovered of late years in India , that during thousands of ...
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... Tuscan divination was con- sequently the most characteristic trait of the nation and the Hauptpunkt , or beginning of their intellectual action and education . " And this spirit still survives . Among all the wars and convulsions of ...
... Tuscan divination was con- sequently the most characteristic trait of the nation and the Hauptpunkt , or beginning of their intellectual action and education . " And this spirit still survives . Among all the wars and convulsions of ...
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... Tuscan Romagna there is , or has been , till of late years , some formula of the kind uttered for almost every conceivable event in life . And this is perhaps a proof of their antiquity . PRELLER , in his Roman Mythology , speaks as ...
... Tuscan Romagna there is , or has been , till of late years , some formula of the kind uttered for almost every conceivable event in life . And this is perhaps a proof of their antiquity . PRELLER , in his Roman Mythology , speaks as ...
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... Tuscan city , as in Rome - at least since the times of the Etruscan kings , with Juno and Minerva - in the temple of the citadel . Lightning was , in the Tuscan art , ever in his hands ; he is the god who speaks in it and descends in it ...
... Tuscan city , as in Rome - at least since the times of the Etruscan kings , with Juno and Minerva - in the temple of the citadel . Lightning was , in the Tuscan art , ever in his hands ; he is the god who speaks in it and descends in it ...
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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 |
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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...