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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... priests , cultured people , and all powers that be , just as gypsies and tramps deeply distrust everything that is not " on the road , " or all " honest folk , " so that it is no exaggeration to declare that " travellers " have no ...
... priests , cultured people , and all powers that be , just as gypsies and tramps deeply distrust everything that is not " on the road , " or all " honest folk , " so that it is no exaggeration to declare that " travellers " have no ...
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... priests . Adhering closely to the letters of his instructions , he however not only obtained the verifications , but induced a number of old peasants to write certificates , or fogliettini , as to what they had affirmed . These ...
... priests . Adhering closely to the letters of his instructions , he however not only obtained the verifications , but induced a number of old peasants to write certificates , or fogliettini , as to what they had affirmed . These ...
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... priests and the saints on great occasions , but they use magic all the time for everything . " At another time when I expressed my astonishment that a certain girl who had grown up in the country was utterly ignorant of the name of a ...
... priests and the saints on great occasions , but they use magic all the time for everything . " At another time when I expressed my astonishment that a certain girl who had grown up in the country was utterly ignorant of the name of a ...
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... priests and saints , know anything ? I call myself a Catholic -- oh , yes - and I wear a medal to prove it " here she , in excitement , pulled from her bosom a saint's medal- " but I believe in none of it all . You know what I believe ...
... priests and saints , know anything ? I call myself a Catholic -- oh , yes - and I wear a medal to prove it " here she , in excitement , pulled from her bosom a saint's medal- " but I believe in none of it all . You know what I believe ...
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... priests , and who are very timid , and conceal everything from their betters . And then there is the much greater number of those who really believe that when a learned man asks them for such things that he himself is a stregone , or ...
... priests , and who are very timid , and conceal everything from their betters . And then there is the much greater number of those who really believe that when a learned man asks them for such things that he himself is a stregone , or ...
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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...