Signs, Cures, & Witchery: German Appalachian FolkloreUniv. of Tennessee Press, 2007 - 245 páginas The persecution of Old World German Protestants and Anabaptists in the seventeenth century--following debilitating wars, the Reformation, and the Inquisition-- brought about significant immigration to America. Many of the immigrants, and their progeny, settled in the Appalachian frontier. Here they established a particularly old set of religious beliefs and traditions based on a strong sense of folk spirituality. They practiced astrology, numerology, and other aspects of esoteric thinking and left a legacy that may still be found in Appalachian folklore today. Based in part on the author's extensive collection of oral histories from the remote highlands of West Virginia, Signs, Cures, and Witchery; German Appalachian Folklore describes these various occult practices, symbols, and beliefs; how they evolved within New World religious contexts; how they arrived on the Appalachian frontier; and the prospects of those beliefs continuing in the contemporary world. By concentrating on these inheritances, Gerald C. Milnes draws a larger picture of the German influence on Appalachia. Much has been written about the Anglo-Celtic, Scots-Irish, and English folkways of the Appalachian people, but few studies have addressed their German cultural attributes and sensibilities. Signs, Cures, and Witchery sheds startling light on folk influences from Germany, making it a volume of tremendous value to Appalachian scholars, folklorists, and readers with an interest in Appalachian folklife and German American studies. |
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Contenido
The Old World | 1 |
The New World | 5 |
The Pioneers | 13 |
Religion | 19 |
Astrology | 29 |
The Occult | 37 |
Folk Art and Material Culture | 45 |
Family Curing Traditions | 57 |
Witch Doctors | 121 |
Exhumations Tokens and Water Witching | 129 |
Dairy Products | 135 |
Spells Charms and Confrontations | 147 |
Magical Places and Substances | 155 |
The Pact | 161 |
Witch Balls Conjuring and Divination | 167 |
Magical Imprints | 175 |
The Pitsenbargers | 65 |
Dovie Lambert | 73 |
Witchery on the Farm | 85 |
Folk Medicine | 91 |
Healers and Granny Women | 109 |
Women and Witchery | 115 |
Revels and Belsnickles | 183 |
Afterword | 199 |
Notes | 203 |
Bibliography | 227 |
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Signs, Cures, & Witchery: German Appalachian Folklore Gerald Milnes Sin vista previa disponible - 2007 |
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