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Superstitions & Folk Belief

The Bathhouse at Midnight

An Historical Survey of Magic and Divination in Russia

by W. F. Ryan

A large scholarly survey of magic, divination, charms and folk belief in Russia from the Middle Ages to the modern period, drawing on manuscripts, church sources and ethnography. Ryan places Russian practices within the wider European tradition.

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