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- 246 páginas
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Cunning-folk were local practitioners of magic, providing small-scale but valued service to the community. They were far more representative of magical practice than the arcane delvings of astrologers and necromancers. Mostly unsensational in their approach, cunning-folk helped people with everyday problems: how to find lost objects; how to escape from bad luck or a suspected spell; and how to attract a lover or keep the love of a husband or wife.While cunning-folk sometimes fell foul of the authorities, both church and state often turned a blind eye to their existence and practices, distinguishing what they did from the rare and sensational cases of malvolent witchcraft. In a world of uncertainty, before insurance and modern science, cunning-folk played an important role that has previously been ignored.
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Popular magic, Owen Davies
- Idioma
- Publicado en
- 2007
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- Título
- Popular magic
- Subtítulo
- Cunning-folk in English History
- Idioma
- Inglés
- Autores
- Owen Davies
- Editorial
- Hambledon Continuum
- Publicado en
- 2007
- Formato
- Tapa blanda
- Páginas
- 246
- ISBN10
- 184725036X
- ISBN13
- 9781847250360
- Serie
- Etiquetas
- No ficción, Tema histórico, Historia, Esoterismo y religión, Temas religiosos, Religión, Esoterismo, Magia, Ocultismo & Brujería, Folclore, Paganos, Paganismo
- Calificación
- 4,15 de 5
- Descripción
- Cunning-folk were local practitioners of magic, providing small-scale but valued service to the community. They were far more representative of magical practice than the arcane delvings of astrologers and necromancers. Mostly unsensational in their approach, cunning-folk helped people with everyday problems: how to find lost objects; how to escape from bad luck or a suspected spell; and how to attract a lover or keep the love of a husband or wife.While cunning-folk sometimes fell foul of the authorities, both church and state often turned a blind eye to their existence and practices, distinguishing what they did from the rare and sensational cases of malvolent witchcraft. In a world of uncertainty, before insurance and modern science, cunning-folk played an important role that has previously been ignored.