Bibliograph

Magic Tales and Fairy Tale Magic, From Ancient Egypt to the Italian Renaissance, by Ruth B. Bottigheimer

Type

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Magic Tales and Fairy Tale Magic, From Ancient Egypt to the Italian Renaissance, by Ruth B. Bottigheimer

Language

eng

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Magic Tales and Fairy Tale Magic

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

881319667

Responsibility statement

by Ruth B. Bottigheimer

Series statement

Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and MagicSpringer eBooks.

Sub title

From Ancient Egypt to the Italian Renaissance

Summary

This book examines magic's generally maleficent effect on humans from ancient Egypt through the Middle Ages, including tales from classical mythology, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim cultures. It shows that certain magical motifs lived on from age to age, but that it took until the Italian Renaissance for magic tales to become fairy tales.--, Provided by publisher

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