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The Power of Words: Studies on Charms and Charming in Europe
James Alexander Kapaló, Éva Pócs and William Ryan
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Frontmatter
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Introduction (page 1)
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Part I: GENRE, CLASSIFICATION, TERMINOLOGY
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Chapter I. A Genre in the Making. The First STudy of Charms in Norway (Arne Bugge Amundsen, page 15)
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Chapter II. The Making of a Charm Collector. Alexander Carmichael in Uist, from 1864 to 1882 (Domhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart, page 27)
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Chapter III. Charm Indexes: Problems and Perspectives (Tatiana Agapkina and Andrei Toporkov, page 71)
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Chapter IV. Medieval Narrative Charms (Edina Bozóky, page 101)
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Chapter V. The Historical Development of "Charm" Terminology in Hungarian (Vilmos Voigt, page 117)
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Part II. HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE STUDIES
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Chapter VI. The Marginality of Charms in Medieval England (Lea Olsan, page 135)
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Chapter VII. Church Benedictions and Popular Charms in Hungary (Éva Pócs, page 165)
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Chapter VIII. Benediction and Exorcism in Early Modern Hungary (Dániel Bárth, page 199)
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Chapter IX. Baltic and East Slavic Charms (Daiva Vaitkevičienč, page 211)
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Part III. CONTENT AND FUNCTION OF CHARMS
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Chapter X. The Năjit Between Prayers and Charms: A Study of the Romanian Manuscript Tradition (Emanuela Timotin, page 239)
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Chapter XI. Charming the Moon: Moon Charms for Sick Children in Portuguese Ethnography (Francisco Vaz Da Silva, page 257)
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Chapter XII. "Dear Merciful Mother": The Virgin Mary in Finnish and Karelian Birth Incantations (Maarit Viljakainen, page 265)
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Chapter XIII. The Power of Words in Miracles, Visions, Incantations and Bewitchments (Gábor Klaniczay, page 281)
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About the Editors (page 305)
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About the Contributors (page 307)
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Index (page 311)
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Published: 2013
Publisher: Central European University Press
- 9786155225109 (hardcover)
- 9786155225482 (ebook)