Magic tales and fairy tale magic : from ancient Egypt to the Italian Renaissance /

This book details magic's generally maleficent effect on human beings from ancient Egypt through the Middle Ages, including tales from classical mythology, Jewish, Christian and Muslim cultures. Bottigheimer shows that certain magical motifs lived on from age to age, but that it took until the...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Bottigheimer, Ruth B. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Series:	Palgrave historical studies in witchcraft and magic.
Subjects:	Fairy tales > History and criticism. Magic in literature. HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt. HISTORY / Europe / Italy. HISTORY / Social History.