Gypsy sorcery and fortune telling : illustrated by numerous incantations, specimens of medical magic, anecdotes and tales / by Charles Godfrey Leland.

  • Charles Godfrey Leland
Date:
1891
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Credit: Gypsy sorcery and fortune telling : illustrated by numerous incantations, specimens of medical magic, anecdotes and tales / by Charles Godfrey Leland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    INDEX A. Abominable charms, 120 Acorns, Song of the, 221 Adelheit von Helbach, 229 Aiolian harp, 166 Agnes, St., Invocation, 76 Agnostics, 21 3 Albordi, 57 Algonkin Legends of New England, 69 Alraun, root image, 153 Alsatian gypsy girl and shell, 233, 234 A1 Sirat, 57 Alter-ego, or the Dream-power, 165, &c. Amber beads, 198 American Folk-Lore Journal, 218, 227 Amulets and fetishes, 234 Amulets, 228, &c. Animals, Charms to protect, 79-99 Anna, Santa, the Lucina of the Romans, 101 Antony, Saint, 64, 135 Apple (love-charm), 140, 141 Archaeology—Ethnology, ix Arnold, Matthew xi, 21 5 Aroint, Etymology of, 199 Artificial propagation, 101 Ashes of dress (love-charm), 120 Assisi, St. Francis, shells, 234 Astral spirit, 166 At-was-kenni-ges, an Algonkin giant-spirit, 17 Augustus, Emperor, punished a city-father for eating a quail, 90 Axe-heads, Stone, in trees, 18 B. Badger, Foot of a (love-charm), 120 Baricellus, J. C., 46 Bath, Incident near, 180 Bath Kol, the Voice, &c., 220, 238 Batford, J. C., divination by hair, 124 Bat in gypsy sorcery, 92 Bears’ claws and teeth as amulets, 26 Beauty, areal existence, 187 Begotten by goblins. People, 206 Benediction, 42 Benemmerinnen, Hebrew witches, 63 Bergmanner, or Mountain Dwarfs, 131, 132 Bernoni, Works of, 156 Berserkers (note), 14; Bertha, the Dream-sprite, 167 Berufen, overlooked or bewitched, 51, 56 Betham, Sir William, Euguboean Tablets, 211 Bhut, Hindoo malignant spirit, 9, 10, 11 Bill, the imaginary companion, 3 Billy Dawson, the Wise Man of Stokesley, 197 Bird’s nest, Hair in, 121 Black dog, 60, 61, 62 Black Hen, Fast of the, 137 Blavatsky, Mme., 171 Blessing of the Syrups, Oil, &c„ 150 Block, Dr., corpse-candle superstition, xii Blocksberg, 30 Blood, Charm with, 119, 120 Boars’ tusks worn as amulets, 26, 27, 102, 103 ; engraving, 103 Bodinu's, 240 Bogey, Bog, Buh, Boggar, Bogle, Bo-guest, Boll, Boman, &c., 161 Bogomiles, 36, 63 Bolton, Carrington H., Counting-out Rhymes, 218-220, 225
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