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Popular Magic: Cunning-Folk in English History

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Popular Magic: Cunning-Folk in English History - Davies, Owen
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Cunning-folk were local practitioners of magic, providing small-scale but valued service to the community. They were far more representative of magical practice than the arcane delvings of astrologers and necromancers. Mostly unsensational in their approach, cunning-folk helped people with everyday problems: how to find lost objects; how to escape from bad luck or a suspected spell; and how to attract a lover or keep the love of a husband or wife. While cunning-folk sometimes fell foul of the authorities, both church and ...

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Popular Magic: Cunning-Folk in English History 2007, Bloomsbury Academic, New York

ISBN-13: 9781847250360

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