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THIS IS NOT A CHILDREN'S BOOK.Its accounts of fairy experiences, mostly from the twentieth century, have come from business men and women, housewives, journalists, clergymen, bus drivers, anglers, gypsies, school teachers, university professors,...

Many of the herbal and magical practices of the Scots are echoed in traditional Norwegian folk medicine and magic. This is a valuable resource book not only for the serious folklorist, but also for a wider audience interested in a deeper look at rural...

Although he was a man rooted in and engaged with nineteenth-century British culture, George MacDonald was no friend of Victorian convention. As this volume demonstrates, he was part of a tradition of counter-cultural writers, teachers, theologians, and...

Fairy women have long been seen as embodying rulership of the land. The Melusinian tradition of marrying a fairy woman to validate rulership occurred across western Europe, but the Portuguese tales of Lady Goat-Foot and Lady Marinha from the Book of...

Dr Elhadi an experienced physician who practiced medicine for more than forty years has contracted covid 19 when it was a frightening disease almost a death sentence in people at his age and with comorbidities. He tells the story of his illness with all...

The first English translation of The Supreme Black, Red and Infernal Magic of the Chaldeans and Egyptians, being the companion volume to the Book of St. Cyprian, is an early 20th-century grimoire containing spells, hexes, and other infernal secrets of...

Jan Van Helsing s'en prend de nouveau à notre vision du monde. Ce livre est donc un sérieux avertissement. Après l'avoir lu, votre compréhension du monde ne sera jamais plus la même.Si les secrets de nos gouvernements ne vous troublent pas, si la...

Athinsint i gcaint chraicneach ar cheann de sheanscéalta Chloich Cheann Fhaola.Two new tellings in Irish and English by Cathal Ó Searcaigh and Seán Ó Gaoithín of a Donegal Folktale concerning the troublesome Balor and...

"The unearthed witch-bottle is something of a murky treasure. Sealed and secreted, they encapsulate magical ideas and sorcerous strategies for undoing the blights of bewitchment." - Dr. Alexander Cummins, Foreword WITCH BOTTLES by Daniel...

WEIRDEST OF THE WEIRDThe world of forteana (strange phenomena) is by its nature, odd. Encounters with sea serpents, ghosts and UFOs for example are far from everyday. Yet there are reports in the annals of forteana that go far beyond the simply weird. In...

Professor Séamas ÓCatháin's monumental study of the Festival of Brigit - Imbolc, February 1st - updated, extended, and published in a new edition, in honour of Ireland's newest national holiday. Brigit was one of three great saints of early Irish...

歴史上、多くの国の平均的な男性は、生計を立て、家族を養い、それらを実現するための仕事をすること以外に、ほとんど、あるいは全く時間を割くことができないことがよく指摘されてきた。そのため、政治や経済問題、戦争や平和など、自分や国民の生活に関わる重要な事柄には、ほとんど時間を割くことができない。各国政府はそれを知っている。それは、多くの異なるフロント組織の背後で活動する高度な組織集団が、常に市民に対して優位に立っていることと同じであるように思われる。一般人が知らないこと、そしておそらくこれからも知らないであろう...

The book uncovers the versatility and literary skills of oral narrators in a small African island. Relying on the researches of three French ethnographers who interviewed storytellers in the 1970s-80s, Lee Haring shows a once-colonised people using...

On the 4th of December 1872, when Captain Morehouse of the sailing ship Dei Gratia called out 'Ahoy!' to a fellow vessel in the middle of the Atlantic, he could never have anticipated that he was about to discover one of the greatest maritime mysteries...

Tauchen Sie ein in die Geschichte und finden Sie die Wahrheit hinter einigen der größten Mysterien heraus, die die Menschheit überrascht haben!Die wahre Wahrheit liegt irgendwo da draußen, und es liegt an uns, sie zu finden...In unserer Zeit sind...

Plongez dans l'histoire et découvrez la vérité derrière certains des plus grands mystères qui ont pris l'humanité par surprise !La vraie vérité se trouve quelque part, et il ne tient qu'à nous de la trouver...À notre époque, les théories du complot sont...

When 7 EILOHEEM get together in COLLABORATION, DIVINE CREATION is sure to happen.We are MOST FORTUNATE!TODAY, 7 AMAZINGLY EILOHEEM have TEAMED TOGETHER in COMMON-UNITY to BRING YOU this FANTASTIC READER EXPERIENCE!!! ARE YOU READY TO WAKE UP AND SMELL...

Problems with being a young awkward teenager trying to survive the wild chaotic Miami waves of violence, as young black man. Travale Tremont realizes he must fight to sustain even legitimize his very existence. Not only the streets, and the ooze of a...

Edition originale non censurée. L'Orgueil juif, petit livre publié en 1938 par la Revue internationale des sociétés secrètes. Herman de Vries de Heekelingen dénonce ce qu'il appelle "l'orgueil racial" et la "politique raciale" des Juifs, tout en...

<p><strong>Tune into the natural power of the Moon with this grimoire of lunar magic. Enrich your life and enhance your well-being with spells, herbs, and charms tailored to each phase of the Moon.</strong></p><p>'His...

This book explores relationships between historical individuals and Cornish legends. The Cornish folklorists. How the Brontës' novels were influenced by Cornish folk tales and other stories of their aunt Elizabeth Branwell. The women whose lives were...

Does this sound familiar?"This call is to inform you about an arrest warrant filed under your name. Please call us back at XXX-XXX-XXXX immediately to resolve this legal matter."If you receive a voicemail like this, your first instinct might be to call...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

Born into a wealthy and privileged family in Philadelphia, Charles Godfrey Leland (1824-1903) showed a clear interest in the supernatural and occult literature during his youth. Legend has it that, soon after his birth, an old Dutch nurse carried him up...

Against the methodological backdrop of historical and comparative folk narrative research, 101 Middle Eastern Tales and Their Impact on Western Oral Tradition surveys the history, dissemination, and characteristics of over one hundred narratives...

Irish Folk HistoryTales from the NorthHenry Glassie"A valuable edition of the principal tales and songs from Passing the Time in Ballymenone."--Worldview"In this setting the words take on a more mysterious quality; we can easily notice the spontaneous...

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