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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816510903321

Titolo

The materiality of magic : an artefactual investigation into ritual practices and popular beliefs / / edited by Ceri Houlbrook & Natalie Armitage

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : Oxbow Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-78570-013-8

1-78570-011-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource ( vi, 184p.)

Disciplina

133.4309009

Soggetti

Magic

Material culture

Ritual

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The curious case of the missing magical fossils / Peter Leeming -- 2.Arranged artefacts and materials in Irish Bronze Age ritual deposits: A consideration of prehistoric practice and intention / Katherine Leonard -- 3.Doorways, ditches and dead dogs -- excavating and recording material manifestations of practical magic amongst later prehistoric and Romano-British communities / Adrian M. Chadwick -- 4.Domestic magic and the walking dead in medieval England: A diachronic approach / Stephen Gordon -- 5.European and African figural ritual magic: The beginnings of the voodoo doll myth / Natalie Armitage

6.Binding spells and curse tablets through time / Debora Moretti -- 7.The wishing-tree of Isle Maree: The evolution of a Scottish folkloric practice / Ceri Houlbrook -- 8.Ciki and jiki: The inner and outer layers of healers' workspaces in Madina, Accra / Bryn Trevelyan James -- 9.̀The Little Mannie with his daddy's horns' / A. J. N. W. Prag.