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Cunning-folk
Owen Davies
其他書名
Popular Magic in English History
出版Hambledon and London, 2003
主題History / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralLiterary Criticism / GeneralBody, Mind & Spirit / Magick StudiesReligion / Cults
ISBN18528529769781852852979
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=kTzXAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Local practitioners of magic, providing small-scale but valued services to the community, cunning-folk 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 state often turned a blind eye to their existence and practices, distinguishing what they did from the rare and sensational cases of malevolent witchcraft. In a world of uncertainty, before insurance and modern science, cunning-folk played an important role that has previously been ignored.