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Gypsy sorcery and fortune telling, illustrated by numerous incantations, specimens of medical magic, anecdotes, and tales (1891)

Leland, Charles Godfrey, 1824-1903 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 97

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reproductive and sexual symbolism, when re-tained, was applied to the resurrection of the body and the immortalityof the soul. Hence Easter eggs. And as Christ by His crucifixion causedthis, or originated the faith, we have the ova de crucibus, the origin ofwhich has puzzled so many antiquaries;… … LAPLAND MAGIC DRUM. placed CHAPTER V. CHARMS OR CONJURATIONS TO CURE OR PROTECT ANIMALS. ;ROM the earliest ages a drum or tam-bourine has formed such an indispen-sable adjunct of Shamanic sorceryamong Tartars, Lapps, Samoyedes,Eskimo, and Red Indians, that, takingit with other associations, I can…

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