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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
- Jazyk
- Rok vydání
- 2007
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- Titul
- Popular magic
- Podtitul
- Cunning-folk in English History
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autoři
- Owen Davies
- Vydavatel
- Hambledon Continuum
- Rok vydání
- 2007
- Vazba
- měkká
- Počet stran
- 246
- ISBN10
- 184725036X
- ISBN13
- 9781847250360
- Série
- Štítky
- Naučná literatura, Historické téma, Historie, Duchovní literatura, Náboženská témata, Náboženství, Esoterika, Magie, Okultismus & Čarodějnictví, Folklór a lidová kultura, Pohané, pohanství
- Hodnocení
- 4,15 z 5
- Anotace
- 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.