Welcome to italian folk magic, a website devoted to the magic, music, and spirituality of italy and italian americawith a special emphasis on southern italy and sicily. In this article i hope to draw to the readers attention to a little known field of study known as the archaeology of folk magic. Welcome to the page with free sheet music from europe. European folklore or western folklore refers to the folklore of the western world, especially when discussed comparatively. Many of those stories contain old folklore and magic practices, especially the one about frau hulda. Tn folk magic fest held in nashville tn is sponsored by aromagregory soap and tea co.
The result was that folk music was described as tetratonic four notes per octave, pentatonic five notes per octave, or hexatonic six notes per octave because the music seemed to be. Attempts to study african tales paulme and american indian tales dundes 1964b suggest that parts of propps morphology may be crossculturally valid. They will analyze what small acts of kindness contribute to both the giver and receiver and determine a path of personal giving through random acts of kindness. Historians of european magic and witchcraft have also engaged, sometimes. Denise alvarado goodreads author shelved 2 times as folkmagicandhoodoo avg rating 4. A history of southern and appalachian folk medicine.
The way indoeuropeans have done it for eons is illustrated in books that go back millennia. The birthplace of western culture, europe is a land with tremendous cultural and ethnic diversity. Braucherei german american folk magic from a witches. The topic is a complex amalgamation of the practices of folk healers, folk magic, ancient belief in sorcery in pagan europe, christian views on heresy, medieval and early modern practice of ceremonial magic and simple fiction in folklore and literature. The formulas mix christian prayers, magic words, and simple rituals to cure simple domestic ailments and. Once a year they would get together and choose a king, the thieves and the cockerel admin. However, the texts contained within are a collection of orations, prayers, and magical words which date back to well before the 1200s. The sacred nature of fire and, subsequently, the home hearth, is discussed in greater detail in european household magic. Unlocking the mysteries of american folk magic chas bogan. The contributions of irish and scotchirish folk practices to healing practices in the southern united states can be seen in the beliefs that moon signs, astrological influences, superstitions. Hoodoo folk magic hoodoo hoodoo, also known as conjure conjure, and voodoo which strictly speaking is different in many ways is a traditional africanamerican folk spirituality that developed from a number of west african, native american, and european spiritual traditions. Some have blatant supernatural powers changelings, sirens, domovoy.
The music has been arranged for many combination of instuments e. Appalachian granny magic the appalachian granny magic tradition of witchcraft is one that is only recently being heard of. Over a century ago, musicians noticed that european folk music seemed to exhibit certain uniform traits. Religiosity and magic in some lithoiatric practices of european folk medicine, a history of geology and medicine, c. This beautiful map shows the geographical spread of european languages. In addition to folk magic, the appalachian region has been long associated. Slavs saw magic acts as actions done to incite a positive white magic or negative black magic outcome in the future and all other protective actions done to protect a person from the magic influence of others. Freud says that magic is just a technique of religion.
Likewise, draiochta is what irish and celtic magicians in the iron age did. Cunning folk and wizards in early modern england university of. Ballard came by hoodoo naturally, growing up in a poor. Others are magical solely by their very existence giants, trolls, ogres. When coyote was a man, or as europeans might say, once upon a time, native american folk tales were an entirely oral tradition. The fae folk or faeries or simply fey, are creatures with magical ability. Names given to folk healers or magicians in parts of europe include. There was a time, so the story goes, when all the animals lived together in harmony.
Cunning folk was an english phrase to refer to individuals who engaged in beneficial magical practices such as healing the sick, removing curses, identifying wrongdoers, and inducing love. Hoodoo folk magic 1 hoodoo folk magic hoodoo, also known as conjure, is a form of predominantly africanamerican traditional folk magic that developed from the syncretism of a number of separate cultures and magical traditions. Some people practiced european ceremonial magick while others were mason or british witches. Draiochta is the general term for charming and finds its analog in magic as magic refers to what the magi practiced among the avestans and later persians. The lion didnt chase the oxen, the wolf didnt hunt the sheep, and owls didnt swoop on the mice in the field. The bible, folk magic, and herbs worked sidebyside to help keep the irish healthy. Popular folk magic and hoodoo books showing 7 of 37 the voodoo hoodoo spellbook paperback by. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. As cunning folk, they practised folk magic also known as low magic although often combined with elements of high or ceremonial magic, which they learned through the study of grimoires. However, the primary influence derives from the spiritual beliefs of central and west africa. The european folktales on this page are sorted based on the ethnolinguistic similarities of the peoples of europe. Pdf on jul 30, 2018, sabina magliocco and others published witchcraft, healing and. The cunning folk in britain were professional or semiprofessional practitioners of magic in britain, active from the medieval period through the early twentieth century. Southern folk magic is the web home of my personal practice and a place for clients to find me for tarot readings.
Cunning folk, also known as folk healers, are practitioners of folk medicine, folk magic, and. Italian folk magic oldworld solutions to newworld problems. The prayers are in several languages, including hebrew, greek, and latin. Read native american folk tales from north, central and south america in collections from zitkalasa, cornelius mathews, cyrus macmillan and more.
Otherwise it is just european folk magic using some verses from the bible, which is not unheard of in other systems of western grimoire magickes. This is intimately related to what most people call witchcraft and involves the physical remains related to practices undertaken by the white witch to protect peoples property from black witches and also practices which layfolk undertook by themselves for the. During the middle ages magic in europe took on many forms. Powwow folk magic project gutenberg selfpublishing. Spam or selfpromotional the list is spam or selfpromotional. Some of our notsodistant ancestors practiced various forms of folk magic, and we can learn a lot from those old remedies, charms, and stories. Such practices date back to the dark ages, and the expression cunning folk can be traced to the anglosaxon word cunnan, meaning to know. But somehow and once again, looking at the common themes on indoeuropean peoples gives us some skeletal structure to start understanding what seems to be a monolithic mass of data.
Pdf witchcraft, healing and vernacular magic in italy researchgate. There is no single european culture, but the common history of christendom during the middle ages and the early modern period has resulted in a number of traditions that are shared in many ethnic or regional cultures of europe this concerns notably common traditions. European folk and fairy tales by jacobs, joseph, 18541916. One day a nobleman caught a nightingale and wanted to put it in a cage. It incorporates practices from african and native american traditions, as well as some european magical practices.
Folk magic is generally of a practical nature, meant to address the common ills of the community. Slavic magic religion and magic intertwined meet the slavs. During the transatlantic slave trades, many africans were forced from their homes, their families, their spirituality, and all they had. Occult doctrines influenced the art and thought of late imperial russia. Rituals are generally relatively simple and often change over time as the workers are generally illiterate.
A guide to hoodoo folk magic paperback september 1, 2018. Learn about traditional folk magic part 1 many times in discussion of modern paganism, its easy for us to overlook a valuable source of information the past. Witchcraft medicine is a good book if youre at all interested in plant magic and its written by german authors and includes some germanic folklore in it. Known as ashevilles village witch, byron ballard practices what she calls hillfolk hoodoo, a form of appalachian folk magic. The swan maiden in folklore is a creature that can transform from a swan to a human and back to a swan when needed. Now they dont all just spontaneously combust into magic, mind. Another example is just because a moslem quotes verses from the jewish scriptures because some of them are in the koran that does not make him a jew. I weave together my seven years of performing rootwork in the hoodoo tradition, along with with appalachian granny magic heritage, and my 20 years study of witchcraft to create my own unique magical practice.
English readers interested in italian folk magic and popular religion, i hope. Cunningfolk were known by different names all over europe. Its name comes from the book appropriation of powwow, taken from an algonquian word for a gathering of medicine men, the collection is actually a collection of european magic spells, recipes, and folk remedies of a type familiar to students of folklore. They tried to analyse the music based upon the vast musical knowledge that they believed they had. Jump to full collection of native american folk tales. Instead of being able to identify one type of magician, there were many who practiced several types of magic in these times, including. Folk magic and protestant christianity in appalachia. Publication date c1916 topics folklore europe publisher new york. Rues kitchen witchery by mary grace fahrun duration. Learners will analyze literary characters in five european folktales, focusing particularly on strong female characters. It is true that the real magic workers in a community, the cunning folk in england and in france the devins and devineresses, may play a part in accounts of judicial prosecutions for witchcraft, either because of their role in witch.
European stories and fairy tales fairytales of the world. Folksongs structure music sheet with chords recordings background information about the content and music translation into english countries 1. Byron ballard keeps appalachian folk magic practices alive. Though the tradition is a very old one, dating all the way back to the first settlers of the magical appalachian mountains who came over from scotland and ireland in the 1700s. The ars notoria is the oldest portion of the lesser of the keys grimoire, dating back to the th century. Many other folktales from around the world have the central motif of a swan, or other types of bird or animal, that transforms from a bird or beast into a human and. War magic, a form of dark magic that involves powers of destruction and invulnerability, is ubiquitous and universal, and one of its primary features is the production of helpful, nonordinary states in combat. For now, its important to know that the reason that the hearth was seen as a place of spiritual activity within the home is because the column of smoke rising from the hearth fire created an axis connecting the realms. The encyclopedia of celtic mythology and folklore patricia monaghan. Symbolist writers and painters of the era held that there was another higher world which only the artist, with hisher special powers, could perceive. The director cleverly bookends each section of the film with bits of folk magic, title cards with things like a wish made while burning onions will come true, which lends to the overall enchantment of the piece. Another question concerns the extent to which propps analysis applies to forms of folk narrative other than the folktale. Inappropriate the list including its title or description facilitates illegal activity, or contains hate speech or ad hominem attacks on a fellow goodreads member or author.
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