The materiality of magic : an artefactual investigation into ritual practices and popular beliefs / edited by Ceri Houlbrook & Natalie Armitage.
Publisher: Philadelphia : Oxbow, 2015Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781785700132
- 1785700138
- 133.4/309009 23
- BF1621
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Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: The materiality of the materiality of magic; 1. 'Also found ... (not illustrated) ... ': The curious case of the missingmagical fossils; 2. Arranged artefacts and materials in Irish Bronze Age ritual deposits:A consideration of prehistoric practice and intention; 3. Doorways, ditches and dead dogs -- excavating and recording materialmanifestations of practical magic amongst later prehistoric andRomano-British communities; 4. Domestic magic and the walking dead in medieval England:A diachronic approach; 5. European and African figural ritual magic: The beginnings of the voodoodoll myth.
6. Binding spells and curse tablets through time7. The wishing-tree of Isle Maree: The evolution of a Scottish folkloric practice; 8. Ciki and jiki: The inner and outer layers of healers' workspaces inMadina, Accra; 9. 'The Little Mannie with his daddy's horns'; Index.