First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Authors Digest, Vol. 18 (Classic Reprint)
by Mythology And Folk-Lore
The Complete Book of Amulets and Talismans
by Migene Gonzalez-Wippler
The Pentagram, Star of David, Crucifix, rabbit's foot, or four-leaf clover . . . they all provide feelings of comfort and protection, intended to attract good while dispelling evil. Found throughout history and in nearly every culture and religion, amulets and talismans can be made and used by anyone. Spanning the world through the diverse cultures of Sumeria, Babylonia, Greece, Italy, India, Western Europe, and North America, this book presents the history and uses of amulets and talismans. Rea...
Turtle Who Went to War
by Eunice Alfrey, Ann Lambert, Lavina Perry, and George White Bird
Vieilles Chansons pour les Curs Sensibles (Classic Reprint)
by Unknown Author
Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, 1900, Vol. 28 (Classic Reprint)
by Asiatic Society of Japan
Drawing upon a range of disciplines including anthropology, classical studies, archaeology and psychology, Jane Ellen Harrison's seminal 1912 work Themis pieces together the origins of early Greek religion. Known as one of the founders of modern studies in Greek mythology, Harrison has been described by her biographer, Mary Beard, as 'Britain's first female professional 'career academic'. She is renowned as being one of the most intellectual women of her time, and the ideas espoused on Greek rit...
A Rope - in Case (Lillian Beckwith's Hebridean Tales)
by Lillian Beckwith
'When I had first come to the Hebrides Morag, my landlady, had advised me always to "take a rope - in case," . . . Over and over I had proved its usefulness. I might need it to catch a calf or a sheep; to carry a bundle of hay to the cow or a can of paraffin from the grocer; to tie a bundle of driftwood I had collected, or a sack of peat; to secure a boat; make a temporary repair to a sagging fence or a halter for a horse . . . Excepting when they were going on holiday or to church, the Bruach c...
Talk about Prayer (Contemporary Anthropology of Religion)
by Johannes Fabian
Talk about Prayer is an experiment in writing ethnography, a commentary on a conversation with Mama Regine Tshitanda, the leader of a Charismatic prayer group (groupe de priere) in Lubumbashi (Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo) and members of her family in 1986. Fabian's research on expressions and practices of popular culture, including popular religion, was conducted during two visits to Katanga in 1985 and 1986. He discusses controversial issues in the study of the Global Charismatic...
The Testimony of the Heathen to the Truths of Holy Writ
by Thomas Street Millington
Stories to Stir the Imagination (Stories to Stir the Imagination, #3)
History of the Detection, Conviction, Life and Designs of John A. Murrell the Great Western Land Pirate
by Augustus Q Walton
