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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.- faculty.biu.ac.il/~barilm/exorcism.html |
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Fetichism in West Africa: By Robert Hamill Nassau (1904), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive.- www.sacred-texts.com/afr/fiwa.htm |
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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.- www.abo.fi/comprel/temenos/temeno32/larsen.htm |
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Moon Cakes: A UCLA Folklore Archive site presenting background, origin-stories, production methods, and folktales about duck egg yolk Moon Cakes and their important role in the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival. An illustrated interview with the head chef at a Cantonese Moon Cake bakery is included.- www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/folklore/folk15/Gloria%20Chiang/mooncakehmpg |
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Popular Faith and Practice in Bulgaria Today: Article by Kristian Ismail and Gary Griffith on the remnants of paganism in popular christianity.- www.samford.edu/groups/global/ewcmreport/articles/ew07202.htm |
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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.- haldjas.folklore.ee/folklore/vol5/ylorist1.htm |