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Books on Superstitions & Folk Belief

138 books — primary sources in translation, practitioners’ classics and current scholarship.

13Nathaniel Lachenmeyer 13Nathaniel Lachenmeyer 2004 Cover of The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking The 7 Laws of Magical ThinkingMatthew Hutson 2012 Cover of An Account of the Foxglove and Some of Its Medical Uses An Account of the Foxglove and Some of Its Medical UsesWilliam Withering 1785 Cover of The Advancement of Learning The Advancement of LearningFrancis Bacon 1605 Cover of The Age of Chance: Gambling in Western Culture The Age of ChanceGerda Reith 1999 Cover of Ancient Greek Divination Ancient Greek DivinationSarah Iles Johnston 2008 Cover of Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of IrelandLady Wilde 1887 Cover of The Banshee: The Irish Supernatural Death-Messenger The BansheePatricia Lysaght 1986 Cover of Barangay: Sixteenth-Century Philippine Culture and Society BarangayWilliam Henry Scott 1994 Cover of The Bathhouse at Midnight: An Historical Survey of Magic and Divination in Russia The Bathhouse at MidnightW. F. Ryan 1999 Cover of Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition Believing in MagicStuart A. Vyse 1997 Beware the Evil EyeJohn H. Elliott Beware the Evil EyeJohn H. Elliott 2015 Cover of Birth, Marriage, and Death: Ritual, Religion, and the Life-Cycle in Tudor and Stuart England Birth, Marriage, and DeathDavid Cressy 1997 Cover of Black Dog Folklore Black Dog FolkloreMark Norman 2015 Cover of Black Roadways: A Study of Jamaican Folk Life Black RoadwaysMartha Warren Beckwith 1929 Cover of British Birds: Their Folklore, Names and Literature British BirdsFrancesca Greenoak 1997 Buddhism and the Spirit Cults in North-east ThailandStanley J. Tambiah Buddhism and the Spirit Cults in North-east ThailandStanley J. Tambiah 1970 Cover of The Burning of Bridget Cleary The Burning of Bridget ClearyAngela Bourke 1999 Chinese FestivalsWolfram Eberhard Chinese FestivalsWolfram Eberhard 1952 Cover of City of Ravens: London, Its Tower, and Its Famous Birds City of RavensBoria Sax 2011 Cover of Classical Cats: The Rise and Fall of the Sacred Cat Classical CatsDonald W. Engels 1999 Cover of The Creatures of Philippine Lower Mythology The Creatures of Philippine Lower MythologyMaximo D. Ramos 1971 The Cruise of Her Majesty's Ship Bacchante, 1879–1882John N. Dalton (comp.) The Cruise of Her Majesty's Ship Bacchante, 1879–1882John N. Dalton (comp.) 1886 The Curse of Macbeth and Other Theatrical SuperstitionsRichard Huggett The Curse of Macbeth and Other Theatrical SuperstitionsRichard Huggett 1981 Cover of The Curse of the Bambino The Curse of the BambinoDan Shaughnessy 1990 Cover of Death and the Idea of Mexico Death and the Idea of MexicoClaudio Lomnitz 2005 Cover of Death in the Victorian Family Death in the Victorian FamilyPatricia Jalland 1996 Cover of A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland A Description of the Western Islands of ScotlandMartin Martin 1703 Cover of A Dictionary of Chinese Symbols A Dictionary of Chinese SymbolsWolfram Eberhard 1986 Cover of A Dictionary of English Folklore A Dictionary of English FolkloreJacqueline Simpson and Steve Roud 2000 Cover of A Dictionary of Fairies A Dictionary of FairiesKatharine Briggs 1976 Cover of A Dictionary of Superstitions A Dictionary of SuperstitionsIona Opie and Moira Tatem 1989 Die beginnende SchizophrenieKlaus Conrad Die beginnende SchizophrenieKlaus Conrad 1958 The Distaff GospelsMadeleine Jeay and Kathleen Garay (eds.) The Distaff GospelsMadeleine Jeay and Kathleen Garay (eds.) 2006 Cover of Dracula DraculaBram Stoker 1897 Cover of Enacting Power: The Criminalization of Obeah in the Anglophone Caribbean, 1760–2011 Enacting PowerJerome S. Handler and Kenneth M. Bilby 2012 Enchanted EuropeEuan Cameron Enchanted EuropeEuan Cameron 2010 Cover of The English Way of Death: The Common Funeral since 1450 The English Way of DeathJulian Litten 1991 The English YearSteve Roud The English YearSteve Roud 2006 Cover of The Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall The Essayes or Counsels, Civill and MorallFrancis Bacon 1625 Essays on Thai FolklorePhya Anuman Rajadhon Essays on Thai FolklorePhya Anuman Rajadhon 1968 Cover of The Evil Eye The Evil EyeClarence Maloney (ed.) 1976 Cover of The Evil Eye The Evil EyeFrederick Thomas Elworthy 1895 Cover of Explorations in Philippine Folklore Explorations in Philippine FolkloreHerminia Meñez 1996 Explore Phantom Black DogsBob Trubshaw (ed.) Explore Phantom Black DogsBob Trubshaw (ed.) 2005 Cover of Faces in the Clouds: A New Theory of Religion Faces in the CloudsStewart Guthrie 1993 FairiesRichard Sugg FairiesRichard Sugg 2018 Cover of Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish PeasantryW. B. Yeats (ed.) 1888 Cover of The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries The Fairy Faith in Celtic CountriesW. Y. Evans-Wentz 1911 Cover of Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of IrelandThomas Crofton Croker 1825 Fearful Spirits, Reasoned FolliesMichael D. Bailey Fearful Spirits, Reasoned FolliesMichael D. Bailey 2013 Folk Medicine in a Philippine MunicipalityF. Landa Jocano Folk Medicine in a Philippine MunicipalityF. Landa Jocano 1973 Folklore and the SeaHorace P. Beck Folklore and the SeaHorace P. Beck 1973 Cover of The Folklore of Birds The Folklore of BirdsEdward A. Armstrong 1958 Cover of For Better, For Worse: British Marriages, 1600 to the Present For Better, For WorseJohn R. Gillis 1985 Cover of From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers From the Beast to the BlondeMarina Warner 1994 Cover of General Psychopathology General PsychopathologyKarl Jaspers J. Hoenig and Marian W. Hamilton (trans.)1913 Cover of The Goddess Fortuna in Mediaeval Literature The Goddess Fortuna in Mediaeval LiteratureHoward Rollin Patch 1927 The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural HistoryRobert Darnton The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural HistoryRobert Darnton 1984 Cover of A Handbook of Irish Folklore A Handbook of Irish FolkloreSeán Ó Súilleabháin 1942 Cover of The Heavenly Writing: Divination, Horoscopy, and Astronomy in Mesopotamian Culture The Heavenly WritingFrancesca Rochberg 2004 Cover of Hex Signs: Pennsylvania Dutch Barn Symbols and Their Meaning Hex SignsDon Yoder and Thomas E. Graves 1989 Cover of The History of Jamaica The History of JamaicaEdward Long 1774 Cover of The Holy Greyhound: Guinefort, Healer of Children since the Thirteenth Century The Holy GreyhoundJean-Claude Schmitt Martin Thom (trans.)1983 Cover of The Hound of the Baskervilles The Hound of the BaskervillesArthur Conan Doyle 1902 Cover of How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life How We Know What Isn't SoThomas Gilovich 1991 In the Midst of WarsEdward Geary Lansdale In the Midst of WarsEdward Geary Lansdale 1972 Cover of Inside Pitch: Life in Professional Baseball Inside PitchGeorge Gmelch 2001 Cover of Inventing Superstition: From the Hippocratics to the Christians Inventing SuperstitionDale B. Martin 2004 The Invention of Religion in JapanJason Ānanda Josephson The Invention of Religion in JapanJason Ānanda Josephson 2012 Cover of Irish Wake Amusements Irish Wake AmusementsSeán Ó Súilleabháin 1967 Cover of Journal of a West India Proprietor Journal of a West India ProprietorMatthew Gregory Lewis 1834 Cover of The Labyrinth of Solitude The Labyrinth of SolitudeOctavio Paz 1950 Cover of The Land Beyond the Forest The Land Beyond the ForestEmily Gerard 1888 The Legend of La LloronaRudolfo Anaya The Legend of La LloronaRudolfo Anaya 1984 Cover of Legends and Superstitions of the Sea and of Sailors in All Lands and at All Times Legends and Superstitions of the Sea and of Sailors in All Lands and at All TimesFletcher S. Bassett 1885 Cover of The Lovelorn Ghost and the Magical Monk: Practicing Buddhism in Modern Thailand The Lovelorn Ghost and the Magical MonkJustin Thomas McDaniel 2011 Cover of The Luck Factor The Luck FactorRichard Wiseman 2003 Magic and Magicians in the Greco-Roman WorldMatthew W. Dickie Magic and Magicians in the Greco-Roman WorldMatthew W. Dickie 2001 The Materiality of MagicCeri Houlbrook and Natalie Armitage (eds) The Materiality of MagicCeri Houlbrook and Natalie Armitage (eds) 2015 Mediums, Monks, and AmuletsPattana Kitiarsa Mediums, Monks, and AmuletsPattana Kitiarsa 2012 Cover of The Memoirs of Ann, Lady Fanshawe The Memoirs of Ann, Lady FanshaweAnn Fanshawe 1829 Cover of Mexican-American Folklore Mexican-American FolkloreJohn O. West 1988 Cover of Miscellanies MiscellaniesJohn Aubrey 1696 Cover of The Modernity of Witchcraft: Politics and the Occult in Postcolonial Africa The Modernity of WitchcraftPeter Geschiere 1997 Cover of Monks and Magic: An Analysis of Religious Ceremonies in Central Thailand Monks and MagicB. J. Terwiel 1975 Cover of The Mystery of Numbers The Mystery of NumbersAnnemarie Schimmel 1993 Cover of Notes on the Folk-Lore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders Notes on the Folk-Lore of the Northern Counties of England and the BordersWilliam Henderson 1866 Cover of Numerology: Or What Pythagoras Wrought NumerologyUnderwood Dudley 1997 Cover of Obeah and Other Powers: The Politics of Caribbean Religion and Healing Obeah and Other PowersDiana Paton and Maarit Forde (eds.) 2012 Cover of On Roman Time: The Codex-Calendar of 354 and the Rhythms of Urban Life in Late Antiquity On Roman TimeMichele Renee Salzman 1990 Cover of Ozark Superstitions Ozark SuperstitionsVance Randolph 1947 Cover of Pagan Survivals, Superstitions and Popular Cultures in Early Medieval Pastoral Literature Pagan Survivals, Superstitions and Popular Cultures in Early Medieval Pastoral LiteratureBernadette Filotas 2005 The Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and IrelandSteve Roud The Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and IrelandSteve Roud 2003 Cover of The Phantom Ship The Phantom ShipFrederick Marryat 1839 Cover of The Philippine Islands, 1493–1898 The Philippine Islands, 1493–1898Emma Helen Blair and James Alexander Robertson (eds.) 1903 Popular Beliefs and Superstitions from North CarolinaWayland D. Hand (ed.) Popular Beliefs and Superstitions from North CarolinaWayland D. Hand (ed.) 1961 Cover of Popular Errors Popular ErrorsLaurent Joubert Gregory David de Rocher (trans.)1578 Cover of A Provincial Glossary, with a Collection of Local Proverbs and Popular Superstitions A Provincial Glossary, with a Collection of Local Proverbs and Popular SuperstitionsFrancis Grose 1787 Cover of Pseudodoxia Epidemica Pseudodoxia EpidemicaThomas Browne 1646 Cover of Psychodiagnostics PsychodiagnosticsHermann Rorschach 1921 Cover of The Psychology of Superstition The Psychology of SuperstitionGustav Jahoda 1969 Cover of Religio Medici Religio MediciThomas Browne 1643 The Religion of Fools? Superstition Past and PresentS. A. Smith and Alan Knight (eds) The Religion of Fools? Superstition Past and PresentS. A. Smith and Alan Knight (eds) 2008 Cover of Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme Remaines of Gentilisme and JudaismeJohn Aubrey James Britten (ed.)1881 The Rime of the Ancient MarinerSamuel Taylor Coleridge The Rime of the Ancient MarinerSamuel Taylor Coleridge 1798 Cover of The Rites of Passage The Rites of PassageArnold van Gennep 1909 Cover of Rokeby RokebyWalter Scott 1813 Cover of Russian Folk Belief Russian Folk BeliefLinda J. Ivanits 1989 Cover of Scandinavian Folk Belief and Legend Scandinavian Folk Belief and LegendReimund Kvideland and Henning K. Sehmsdorf (eds) 1988 Cover of Science and Human Behavior Science and Human BehaviorB. F. Skinner 1953 The Silver BoughF. Marian McNeill The Silver BoughF. Marian McNeill 1957 Cover of Sir Thomas Browne: A Life Sir Thomas BrowneReid Barbour 2013 Cover of The Skeleton at the Feast: The Day of the Dead in Mexico The Skeleton at the FeastElizabeth Carmichael and Chloë Sayer 1991 Cover of Skulls to the Living, Bread to the Dead: The Day of the Dead in Mexico and Beyond Skulls to the Living, Bread to the DeadStanley Brandes 2006 Cover of Strange and Secret Peoples: Fairies and Victorian Consciousness Strange and Secret PeoplesCarole G. Silver 1999 A Straunge and Terrible WunderAbraham Fleming A Straunge and Terrible WunderAbraham Fleming 1577 Cover of A Supernatural War: Magic, Divination, and Faith during the First World War A Supernatural WarOwen Davies 2018 Cover of SuperSense: Why We Believe in the Unbelievable SuperSenseBruce Hood 2009 SuperstitionStuart Vyse SuperstitionStuart Vyse 2019 Superstitious RegimesRebecca Nedostup Superstitious RegimesRebecca Nedostup 2009 Cover of Susto: A Folk Illness SustoArthur J. Rubel, Carl W. O'Nell and Rolando Collado-Ardón 1984 Cover of Tacky's Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War Tacky's RevoltVincent Brown 2020 Cover of Teutonic Mythology Teutonic MythologyJacob Grimm James Steven Stallybrass1835 Cover of There Was a Woman: La Llorona from Folklore to Popular Culture There Was a WomanDomino Renee Perez 2008 Cover of Thomas Browne and the Writing of Early Modern Science Thomas Browne and the Writing of Early Modern ScienceClaire Preston 2005 Cover of Todos Santos in Rural Tlaxcala: A Syncretic, Expressive, and Symbolic Analysis of the Cult of the Dead Todos Santos in Rural TlaxcalaHugo G. Nutini 1988 Cover of Treatise on the Apparitions of Spirits and on Vampires Treatise on the Apparitions of Spirits and on VampiresAugustin Calmet 1751 Cover of A Trial of Witches: A Seventeenth-Century Witchcraft Prosecution A Trial of WitchesGilbert Geis and Ivan Bunn 1997 Cover of Twins in African and Diaspora Cultures: Double Trouble, Twice Blessed Twins in African and Diaspora CulturesPhilip M. Peek (ed.) 2011 Cover of The Vampire in Europe The Vampire in EuropeMontague Summers 1929 Cover of The Vampire: A Casebook The VampireAlan Dundes (ed.) 1998 Cover of Vampires, Burial, and Death: Folklore and Reality Vampires, Burial, and DeathPaul Barber 1988 Cover of Why Would Anyone Believe in God? Why Would Anyone Believe in God?Justin L. Barrett 2004 Cover of Witchcraft, Violence, and Democracy in South Africa Witchcraft, Violence, and Democracy in South AfricaAdam Ashforth 2005 Cover of Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories Woman Hollering Creek and Other StoriesSandra Cisneros 1991 Cover of Wonders and the Order of Nature, 1150–1750 Wonders and the Order of Nature, 1150–1750Lorraine Daston and Katharine Park 1998 Cover of Works and Days Works and DaysHesiod c. 700 BCE