Charms, charmers and charming in Ireland : from the medieval to the modern / edited by Ilona Tuomi, John Carey, Barbara Hillers and Ciarán Ó Géalbháin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tuomi, Ilona, editor.

Carey, John, 1957- editor.

Hillers, Barbara, editor.

Ó Géalbháin, Ciarán, editor.

Series:

New approaches to Celtic religion and mythology

Language:

English

Irish

Irish, Middle (ca. 1100-1550)

Irish, Old (to 1100)

Subjects (All):

Charms--Ireland--History.

Charms.

Folklore--Ireland.

Folklore.

History.

Ireland.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 250 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2019.

Language Note:

Text in English, with some passages in Old, Middle, or Modern Irish with English translation.

Contents:

1 European and American Scholarship and the Study of Medieval Irish 'Magic' (1846-1960) p. 5 / Jacqueline Borsje

2 Charms in Medieval Irish Tales: Tradition, Adaptation, Invention p. 17 / John Carey

3 The Religious Significance of the sén 7 soladh in Altram Tige Dá Medar p. 39 / Cathinka Dahl Hambro

4 Nine Hundred Years of the Caput Christi Charm: Scribal Strategies and Textual Transmission p. 51 / Ilona Tuomi

5 In Defence of the Irish Saints who 'Loved Malediction' p. 65 / Ksenia Kudenko

6 Towards a Typology of European Narrative Charms in Irish Oral Tradition p. 79 / Barbara Hillers

7 Nineteenth-Century Charm Texts: Scope and Context p. 103 / Nicholas M. Wolf

8 A Toothache Charm in a Manuscript Fragment of John Lysaght p. 117 / Joseph J. Flahive

9 'The Cure for Bleeding': Charms and Other Cures for Blood-stopping in Irish Tradition p. 131 / Bairbre Ní Fhloinn

10 'Cahill's Blood': Mr Cahill Makes the Cure p. 145 / Deirdre Nuttall

11 Aisling na Maighdine: 'The Virgin's Dream' in Irish Oral Tradition p. 159 / Denis McArdle

12 An Leabhar Eoin: The In Principio Charm in Oral and Literary Tradition p. 177 / Gearóid Ó Crualaoich

13 The Cailleach and the Cosmic Hare p. 189 / Shane Lehane

14 'We'll talk now about charms': Knowledge as Folklore and Folklore as Knowledge p. 205 / Stiofán Ó Cadhla.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-242) and index.

ISBN:

9781786834928

1786834928

OCLC:

1101770309

Publisher Number:

99983906277