Society: Folklore: Religion

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Arts: Literature: Myths and Folktales (466)
Society: Religion and Spirituality (108,343)

Exorcism by Rabbis: Talmud Sages and Their Magic
An article by Meir Bar-Ilan centering on the Jewish sages of the Mishnah and Talmud who dealt with magic in the religious context of their times; demonstrates survivals of this ancient phenomenon in contemporary Israeli and Palestinian religious folklore.

Fetichism in West Africa
By Robert Hamill Nassau (1904), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive.

Islamic Resurgence and the Belief System of Rural Malays
A lengthy scholarly article by Anne Katherine Larsen that identifies and discusses traditional folkloric "extra-religious beliefs" and customs that reside beneath, and sometimes conflict with, the ostensibly Islamic Malay culture.

Popular Religion in Portugal
Appearances of the Virgin at Fatima, religion in the north of Portugal, and origins of selected Portuguese popular saints considered by Ray Vogensen from a non-religious viewpoint.

The Significance of Baptism in Estonian Folk Belief
An article describing Estonian folk-religious customs surrounding baptism, baby naming, and the celebration of name-days.

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