Author: Edward WestermarckPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Ritual and Belief in Morocco
Author: Edward WestermarckPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Ritual and Belief in Morocco 2
Author: OutletRitual and Belief in Morocco
Author: Edward WestermarckPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Between the years of 1898 and 1926, Edward Westermarck spent a total of seven years in Morocco, visiting towns and tribes in different parts of the country, meeting local people and learning about their language and culture; his findings are noted in this two-volume set, first published in 1926. Alongside extensive reference material, including Westermarck’s system of transliteration and a comprehensive list of the tribes and districts mentioned in the text, the chapters discuss such areas as the influences on and relationship between religion and magic in Morocco, the origins of beliefs and practices, curses and witchcraft. This is the first volume of two dealing with the same subject, and will fascinate any student or researcher of anthropology with an interest in the history of ritual, culture and religion in Morocco. -- Publisher description.
Ritual and Belief in Morocco
Author: Edvard Alexander WestermarckPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Ritual and Belief in Morocco: Vol. I (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Edward WestermarckPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317912675
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 651
Book Description
Between the years of 1898 and 1926, Edward Westermarck spent a total of seven years in Morocco, visiting towns and tribes in different parts of the country, meeting local people and learning about their language and culture; his findings are noted in this two-volume set, first published in 1926. Alongside extensive reference material, including Westermarck’s system of transliteration and a comprehensive list of the tribes and districts mentioned in the text, the chapters discuss such areas as the influences on and relationship between religion and magic in Morocco, the origins of beliefs and practices, curses and witchcraft. This is the first volume of two dealing with the same subject, and will fascinate any student or researcher of anthropology with an interest in the history of ritual, culture and religion in Morocco.
Ritual and Belief in Morocco: Vol. II (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Edward WestermarckPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317912616
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 573
Book Description
Between the years of 1898 and 1926, Edward Westermarck spent a total of seven years in Morocco, visiting towns and tribes in different parts of the country, meeting local people and learning about their language and culture; his findings are noted in this two-volume set, first published in 1926. The first volume contains extensive reference material, including Westermarck’s system of transliteration and a comprehensive list of the tribes and districts mentioned in the text. The chapters in this, the second volume, explore such areas as the rites and beliefs connected with the Islamic calendar, agriculture, and childbirth. This title will fascinate any student or researcher of anthropology with an interest in the history of ritual, culture and religion in Morocco.
Ritual and belief in Morocco : in two volumes. 2
Author: Edward WestermarckRitual and Belief in Morocco: Vol. I (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Edward WestermarckPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317912683
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 645
Book Description
Between the years of 1898 and 1926, Edward Westermarck spent a total of seven years in Morocco, visiting towns and tribes in different parts of the country, meeting local people and learning about their language and culture; his findings are noted in this two-volume set, first published in 1926. Alongside extensive reference material, including Westermarck’s system of transliteration and a comprehensive list of the tribes and districts mentioned in the text, the chapters discuss such areas as the influences on and relationship between religion and magic in Morocco, the origins of beliefs and practices, curses and witchcraft. This is the first volume of two dealing with the same subject, and will fascinate any student or researcher of anthropology with an interest in the history of ritual, culture and religion in Morocco.
Health and Ritual in Morocco
Author: Josep Lluís Mateo DiestePublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004232869
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
In Health and Ritual in Morocco, J. L. Mateo Dieste analyzes the many notions of the body in contemporary Morocco and shows how a rich universe of healing systems and rituals conforms to social and historical power relationships.
Magic and Ritual in the Ancient World
Author: Paul Allan MireckiPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004116764
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
This volume contains a series of provocative essays that explore expressions of magic and ritual power in the ancient world. The strength of the present volume lies in the breadth of scholarly approaches represented. The book begins with several papyrological studies presenting important new texts in Greek and Coptic, continuing with essays focussing on taxonomy and definition. The concluding essays apply contemporary theories to analyses of specific test cases in a broad variety of ancient Mediterranean cultures. Paul Mirecki, Th.D. (1986) in Religious Studies, Harvard Divinity School, is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Kansas. Marvin Meyer, Ph.D. (1979) in Religion, Claremont Graduate School, is Professor of Religion at Chapman University, Orange, California, and Director of the Coptic Magical Texts Project of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity.