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Bezig met laden... Witches, Wizards, Seers & Healers Myths & Tales: Epic Tales (Gothic Fantasy)door Diane Purkiss
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In the West we tend to think of witches in terms of the witch trials, when fear, ignorance and religious fervour brought the poor to heel, and fostered suspicion of those who dared to be different, or knowledgeable, or independent of mind. Witches and wizards are often associated with pre-Christian societies, Celtic in particular, (and therefore popular in tales of fantasy), but the nature of their wisdom can be found in so many fascinating cultures across the world. Ancient societies, particularly where natural religions with many gods abound, often highlight the power of an elder, or a seer, a healer or a wise friend. Tales of wizards and witches reach across traditions as folk try to explain natural phenomena and engage with the world around them. Those who understood the properties of healing in plants, or could make a prediction of weather events to rescue crops, became worshipped as elders, as keepers of knowledge. In tribal African societies, Polynesian cultures and East Asian traditions there are tales of those with great knowledge who are often described as witches or wizards. The Baba Yaga of Eastern Europe, the Skinwalkers of the Navajo, Merlin and Morgana la Faye of Arthurian Legend and the fox witches of Japan are but a few of the many examples. Some work for good, others with ill-intent, but all become the focus of folkloric legend, collected here in this new book of myths and tales. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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There wasn't much info online so I took a chance and now that it is in my possession, I have an opportunity to see what the book offers and.... yikes. It's not really my thing. I've added all the contributors and you can see they're mostly from the last 2 centuries. So now I feel like I'm in school reading my histories.
Also the layout is unusual. All the contributors are listed in the back of the book with a little bio. The stories are listed in the front without any author credit!? See screengrab: https://gyazo.com/6039c0280ff27ad2536a3c746987331d
I'm not sure, part of me wants to re-sell it. I'll skim a bit and decide soon.
Contributors: Im Bang, Yi Ryuk, James Scarth Gale (Translator), George W. Bateman, Abbie Farwell Brown, Elsie Finnimore Buckley, E.A. Wallis Budge, Margaret Compton, Jeremiah Curtin, Jonathan Ceredig Davies, F. Hadland Davis, Elphinstone Dayrell, George Douglas, Alice Elizabeth Dracott, George Grey, William Elliot Griffis, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Francis Hindes Groome, H.A. Guerber, Florence Holbrook, Douglas Hyde, Eleanor Hull, Joseph Jacobs, W.F. Kirby, Ignác Kúnos, Andrew Lang, Edmund Leamy, Charles Godfrey Leland, Thomas Malory, Minnie Martin, Frederick H. Martens, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, James Mooney, Sophia Morrison, M.I. Ogumefu, Yei Theodora Ozaki, Norman Hinsdale Pitman, W.R.S. Ralston, A.G. Seklemian, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Charles Montgomery Skinner, Lewis Spence, Chauncy Hugh Stigand, J.R. Walker, Alice Werner, E.T.C. Werner, William Drake Westervelt, Lady Wilde, Richard Wilhelm, Albert Henry Wratislaw, William Butler Yeats