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Categories related to Religion : Folklore : Society:
Arts: Literature: Myths and Folktales (436)
Society: Religion and Spirituality (104,891)
Websites on Religion:
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.
Holy Wells
Introduction to holy wells mostly in the UK, with photographs and descriptions.
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.
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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