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A dictionary of superstitions / edited by Iona Opie and Moira Tatem.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford reference
- Oxford reference.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Superstition--Great Britain--Dictionaries.
- Superstition.
- Folklore--Great Britain--Dictionaries.
- Folklore.
- Superstition--Ireland--Dictionaries.
- Folklore--Ireland--Dictionaries.
- Genre:
- Subject dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 494 pages)
- Other Title:
- Superstitions
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a fascinating dictionary covering the wide range of folk beliefs that have survived into our own age. Each superstition is illustrated by quotations tracing its development through the centuries. Entries tell of the traditional significance of animals, colours, days, and the elements; rituals to be observed at certain seasons or when faced with natural and unnatural occurrences; cures, taboos, and the uses to which people have put everyday objects in pursuit of good fortune or knowledge of the future.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780192829160
- 9780191726873
- 0191726877
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