Charms in Russian hand-written tradition of the 15th-19th centuries

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Toporkov, A.L

Zagovory v Russkoi Rukopisnoi Traditsii XV-XIX vv

[ Charms in Russian hand-written tradition of the 15th-19th centuries]

Moscow: Indrik, 2005
480 p Images

Serie: Traditsionnaia dukhovnaia kul`tura slavian. Sovremennye issledovaniia
Hardcover. 14 x 21 cm
ISBN: 5857593492
Language: Russian

This new volume in the series "Traditional spiritual culture of the Slavs", started in 1991, deals with magic texts from Russian manuscripts of the 15th-19th centuries. The author is mostly interested in love charms and charms addressed to people in power (zagovory na vlast`). The book is based on previously unknown materials discovered by the author in archives of Russia and Ukraine. Appendices include an index of Russian spells of the 17th-19th centuries; Greek magic texts from Egyptian papyrus. Bibliography and indices.

Subjects

» Humanities » Folklore, Folk Art, and Folklore Studies

» Literary Theory and Criticism / History of Literature » Old Russian Literature

» Religion and Theology » Other Faiths (Not Russian Orthodox)

» The Jews » Slavs

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