
In the book are presented studies of 18 renowned researchers focussing on the verbal aspects of everyday magic, placing in the centre the richest and most poetic manifestation of verbal magic – the charm or incantatio. Incantations are in Europe well spread folklore genre, which contain very old magical elemrnts. The book covers wide spectrum of regions, from United Kingdom to Russia and Iran, and includes also Slovenia. The researchers have devoted their attention to phenomenological and theoretical studies of incantatio, and have discussed various topics, from the origin of charms and ancient European magical practices, to the receptions and diffusions of different types of charms.
Éva Pócs: Preface
Verbal Charms in Everyday Life
Svetlana Adonyeva: A Letter to the “King of the Forest”. Contemporary Magic Practice in Russia
Olga Khristoforova: “You Will Remember Me”: Witchcraft and Power in a Russia’s Local Society
Evelina Rudan – Josipa Tomašić: How to Die More Easily: Charms Devices on a Person’s Deathbed
Valer Simion Cosma: Curses, Incantations and the Undoing of Spells: The Romanian Priest as Enchanter (Transylvania, 19th Century)
Deniver Vukelić: Micro-Analysis of Uroci (Evil Charms and Spells) in Croatian Tradition
Davor Nikolić: Rational Argumentation in Irrational Discourse: Argumentative Techniques of Verbal Charms and Folk Prayers
Toms Ķencis: Fighting Fire with Fire: Latvian Witchcraft Against Witches
Zsuzsa Závoti: “…And Swore that He May Never Harm the Sick or Anyone that can Sing this Charm”: Response to Mental Disorder in Anglo-Saxon England in the Context of Medical Charms
Louise S. Milne: One, Two, Many: Dream-Culture, Charms and Nightmares
Solovyeva, Alevtina: The Mythological World of Mongolian Charms
Magic Texts, Magic Objects
Henni Ilomäki: Oral Charms, Literal Notes
Eszter Spät: Gift from the Sky: Yezidi Sacred Objects as Symbols of Power, Tools of Healing and Seals of Divine Favour
Éva Pócs: Hungarian Incantations Between Eastern and Western Christianity
Maria Eliferova: Charms within Non-Charm Texts: Shifts in Pragmatics
Saša Babić: Charms and Localities: Location Descriptions in Charms
Inna Veselova: Transforming Reality: Personal Names in Ritual Speech. The Vinogradie or “Song of Praise” from the Russian North
Liudmila Fadeyeva: The Church of Saint Clement of Rome: The Sources and the Symbolism of the Image in Russian Charms
Vilmos Voigt: Russian Metal Icons Gazing into Your Eyes
Contributors
Publishing House
Založba ZRCPublisher
Institute of Slovenian EthnologyISBN
978-961-05-0215-9Specifications
hardback • 17 × 24 cm • 312 pagesPrice
24,00 EUR (Regular) | |