Kapalo / Pócs / Ryan The Power of Words

Studies on Charms and Charming in Europe
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-615-5225-48-2
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

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n medieval and early modern Europe, the use of charms was a living practice in all strata of society. The essays in this latest CEU Press publication explore the rich textual tradition of archives, monasteries, and literary sources. The author also discusses texts amassed in folklore archives and ones that are still accessible through field work in many rural areas of Europe.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kapalo, James

Pócs, Éva

Ryan, William Francis

Inhaltsverzeichnis

James Kapaló, Éva Pócs and William Ryan: Introduction GENRE, CLASSIFICATION, TERMINOLOGY Arne Bugge Amundsen: A genre in the making. The first study of charms in Norway Domhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart: The making of a charm collector. Alexander Carmichael in Uist, 1864 to 1882 Tat'iana Agapkina and Andrei Toporkov: Charm indexes: problems and perspectives Edina Bozóky: Medieval narrative charms Vilmos Voigt: Báj-: The historical development of “charm” terminology in Hungarian HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE STUDIES Lea Olsan: The marginality of charms in medieval England Éva Pócs: Church benedictions and popular charms in Hungary Dániel Bárth: Benediction and exorcism in early modern Hungary Daiva Vaitkeviciene: Baltic and East Slavic charms CONTENT AND FUNCTION OF CHARMS Emanuela Timotin: The najit between prayers and charms: A study of the Romanian manuscript tradition Francisco Vaz da Silva: Charming the moon: moon charms for sick children in Portuguese ethnography Maarit Viljakainen: “Dear Merciful Mother”. The Virgin Mary in Finnish and Karelian birth incantations Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kapalo, James
James Kapalo is Lecturer in the Study of Religions Department, University College Cork, Ireland.

Ryan, William Francis
William Francis Ryan is series editor for the Hakluyt Society, former President of the Folklore Society, former President of the Hakluyt Society.

Pócs, Éva
Éva Pócs is Professor emeritus at the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Pécs, Hungary.