The power of words : studies on charms and charming in Europe / edited by James Kapaló, Éva Pócs and William Ryan.

Budapest, Hungary ; New York, NY : Central European University Press, 2013.

vii, 325 pages : Grayscale Illustration, Tables ; 24 cm

Published in 2013 by Central European University Press.

Index compiled by Emese Ilyefalvy.

Printed in Hungary by Akakprint Kft., Budapest.

Genre, Classification, Terminology -- Historical and Comparative Studies -- Content and Function of Charms.

A Genre in the Making. The First Study of Charms in Norway -- The Making of a Charm Collector. Alexander Carmichael in Uist, from 1864 to 1882 -- Charm Indexes: Problems and Perspectives -- Medieval Narrative Charms -- The Historical Development of "Charm" Terminology in Hungarian -- The Marginality of Charms in Medieval England -- Church Benedictions and Popular Charms in Hungary -- Benediction and Exorcism in Early Modern Hungary -- Baltic and East Slavic Charms -- The Năjit Between Prayers and Charms: A Study of the Romanian Manuscript Tradition -- Charming The Moon: Moon Charms for Sick Children in Portuguese Ethnography -- "Dear Merciful Mother": The Virgin Mary in Finnish and Karelian Birth Incantations -- The Power of Words in Miracles, Visions, Incantations and Bewitchments.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2019. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book])