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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... song or incantation , and so , voluntarily or involuntarily , repeated it , perhaps imperfectly , just as it would have been done among the contadini , who are by no means ac- curate in such matters , and yet are endowed with a great ...
... song or incantation , and so , voluntarily or involuntarily , repeated it , perhaps imperfectly , just as it would have been done among the contadini , who are by no means ac- curate in such matters , and yet are endowed with a great ...
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... songs , as sung with melody and expression , is a living butterfly , but when written down - with a pen through it — it has lost its life . And as rhyme and measure to a degree restore this , I have thought that by giving these songs ...
... songs , as sung with melody and expression , is a living butterfly , but when written down - with a pen through it — it has lost its life . And as rhyme and measure to a degree restore this , I have thought that by giving these songs ...
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... songs and tales . Such familiarity with folk - lore and sorcery as I possess , resulted in confidence - the end being that I succeeded in penetrating this obscure and strange forest inhabited by witches and shadows , faded gods and ...
... songs and tales . Such familiarity with folk - lore and sorcery as I possess , resulted in confidence - the end being that I succeeded in penetrating this obscure and strange forest inhabited by witches and shadows , faded gods and ...
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... song . A year after I succeeded better with Tomah or Toma- quah , a Passamaquoddy , who not only related to and collected for me a vast number of remarkable legends , myths , and folk - lore items of all kinds , but who told me that my ...
... song . A year after I succeeded better with Tomah or Toma- quah , a Passamaquoddy , who not only related to and collected for me a vast number of remarkable legends , myths , and folk - lore items of all kinds , but who told me that my ...
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... songs , who was herself a fortune - teller , and had been taught the old names of spirits and innumerable ... song which would alarm her ; but she was not to be frightened at anything , so great was the love which she had for ...
... songs , who was herself a fortune - teller , and had been taught the old names of spirits and innumerable ... song which would alarm her ; but she was not to be frightened at anything , so great was the love which she had for ...
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...