Every Man's Book of Superstitions
Every Man's Book of Superstitions

Author: Christine Chaundler

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2021-10-26

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1504067975

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An enlightening examination of common superstitions and their fascinating origins in history, myth, and ancient religion. Superstitions represent some of humanity’s earliest attempts to make sense of a dangerous and often incomprehensible world. Even ideas that seem innocuous today, like “getting up on the wrong side of the bed,” have their origins in beliefs and practices of vital importance. In Every Man’s Book of Superstitions, English historian Christine Chaundler explores enduring ideas about luck, magic, astrology, portentous symbols, and more. She also looks at superstitions related to illness, animals, mealtimes, special occasions, specific professions, and so on.

The Encyclopedia of Superstitions
The Encyclopedia of Superstitions

Author: Richard Webster

Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide

Published: 2012-09-08

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0738725617

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Have you ever rubbed a frog on your freckles? Trivia fans and fun fact fanatics will adore this fascinating, flickable encyclopedia of superstitions! Richard Webster presents over five hundred of the most obscure, curious, and just-plain-freaky superstitions of the Western world. Discover batty beliefs about baldness, beans, and the Bermuda Triangle, and peculiar practices regarding hiccups, hearses, and hunchbacks. From modern myths to centuries-old lore, The Encyclopedia of Superstitions offers a wealth of wonderfully weird beliefs on just about every topic you can imagine: Holidays Birth Death Weddings Colors Gemstones Trees Flowers Fairies Weather Numbers Animals Birds Insects Household Items Zodiac Signs Gambling The Human Body Food Praise: "[T]his reference makes for compulsive browsing."—Publishers Weekly

Sutton Companion to the Folklore
Sutton Companion to the Folklore

Author: Alexander Barrie

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2005-11-24

Total Pages: 508

ISBN-13: 0750954272

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Britain's rich and varied folklore, legends and beliefs provide an insight into the island's history. Every invader, refugee or settler has helped contribute some new element or twist to the complex pattern of our national heritage. This volume provides a comprehensive companion to legends and customs in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.

They Don't Wash Their Socks
They Don't Wash Their Socks

Author: Kathlyn Gay

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2013-03-18

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 0802735584

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Have you ever wondered what the story is behind the strange sports superstitions you hear about? Gay's collection of superstitions in sports runs the gamut from fishing to football, from amateur players to professionals, from individuals to teams, and from ancient times to the present.

Secularization
Secularization

Author: Steve Bruce

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2013-01-11

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 0191612170

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The decline in power, popularity and prestige of religion across the modern world is not a short-term or localized trend nor is it an accident. It is a consequence of subtle but powerful features of modernization. Renowned sociologist, Steve Bruce, elaborates the secularization paradigm and defends it against a wide variety of recent attempts at rebuttal and refutation. Using the best available statistical and qualitative evidence Bruce considers the implications for the

The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science, Volume 4
The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science, Volume 4

Author: W. Edward Craighead

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2002-11-11

Total Pages: 502

ISBN-13: 9780471270836

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A complete reference to the fields of psychology and behavioral science Volume 4 is the final volume in The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science series. Providing psychologists, teachers, researchers, and students with complete reference for over 1,200 topics across four volumes, this resource in invaluable for both clinical and research settings. Coverage includes conditions, assessments, scales, diagnoses, treatments, and more, including biographies on psychologists of note and psychological organizations from across the globe. The Third Edition has been updated to reflect the growing impact of neuroscience and biomedical research, providing a highly relevant reference for the highest standard of care.

Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland
Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland

Author: Francesca S. Wilde

Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag

Published: 1888

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 384967360X

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Many of the Irish legends, superstitions, and ancient charms now collected were obtained chiefly from oral communications made by the peasantry themselves, either in Irish or in the Irish-English which preserves so much of the expressive idiom of the antique tongue. These narrations were taken down by competent persons skilled in both languages, and as far as possible in the very words of the narrator; so that much of the primitive simplicity of the style has been retained, while the legends have a peculiar and special value as coming direct from the national heart.