Patai investigated and recorded are the history and oral traditions of the now-vanished Marrano community of Meshhed, Iran; cultural change among the so-called Jewish Indians of Mexico; beliefs and customs in connection with birth, the rainbow, and the color blue; Jewish variants of the widespread custom of earth-eating; and the remarkable parallels between the rituals connected with enthroning a new king as described in the Bible and as practiced among certain African tribes.
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Patai investigated and recorded are the history and oral traditions of the now-vanished Marrano community of Meshhed, Iran; cultural change among the so-called Jewish Indians of Mexico; beliefs and customs in connection with birth, the rainbow, and the color blue; Jewish variants of the widespread custom of earth-eating; and the remarkable parallels between the rituals connected with enthroning a new king as described in the Bible and as practiced among certain African tribes.
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Fine. Slight crease on front cover upper corner and tiny bumping at bottom corner; otherise like new. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 512 p. Audience: General/trade.
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Very Good. Very Good. Clean Trade Paperback. Second American Edition. Large Trade Paperback Very Good Clean pages. NOT a library copy. A touch of shelf wear in a very light cover crease. See our Three Geese in Flight book Scans. This brilliant Jewish folklorist and anthropologist who wrote 'Hebrew Goddess' Here we have "The Rainbow" symbolism The Goddess Cult In The Jewish Religion' Jewish Mexicans' 'Jewish Exorcism in Safed' Techniques Sinning Souls seek to hide from Gehenna and purification by hiding in a poor human...'Venta Prieta' 'The Sacred Color Blue in Judaism' 'Majorca Jews' Legends of the Sea in Hebrew religion. much more Clean pages. No underlines or writing in text. Nice copy of a treasure trove of little known Hebrew lore or Aggadah. No writing in text.
