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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... not , however , be understood as going to the very extreme limits of humility and apology as regards these poems . A great many are in themselves strikingly beautiful , original , and imbued with a classic 8 INTRODUCTION.
... not , however , be understood as going to the very extreme limits of humility and apology as regards these poems . A great many are in themselves strikingly beautiful , original , and imbued with a classic 8 INTRODUCTION.
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Charles Godfrey Leland. strikingly beautiful , original , and imbued with a classic and often delicately appro- priate spirit — as in those to Pan and Faflon — and the women from whom they were derived could absolutely have no more ...
Charles Godfrey Leland. strikingly beautiful , original , and imbued with a classic and often delicately appro- priate spirit — as in those to Pan and Faflon — and the women from whom they were derived could absolutely have no more ...
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... beautiful daughter , but Buschet could not prevail upon her , nor enter the house . For she had had a lover , and when he died , she had his body turned to stone , and put it in a chest , and kept it secretly under her bed . And Buschet ...
... beautiful daughter , but Buschet could not prevail upon her , nor enter the house . For she had had a lover , and when he died , she had his body turned to stone , and put it in a chest , and kept it secretly under her bed . And Buschet ...
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... beautiful princess , who is also a sorceress , keeps the body of her negro lover , by her magic art , in a kind of apparent life , and covers it with the kisses of despair , and which she would fain , by the greater magic of love , wake ...
... beautiful princess , who is also a sorceress , keeps the body of her negro lover , by her magic art , in a kind of apparent life , and covers it with the kisses of despair , and which she would fain , by the greater magic of love , wake ...
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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 |
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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...