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Dictionary of omens and superstitions

Do you avoid anything connected with the number thirteen, think it lucky when a black cat crosses your path and unlucky to see the new moon through glass? Belief in superstitions links us with a time when everyday events and objects had magical significance. A treasure trove of fascinating information, A Dictionary of Omens and Superstitions reveals the secrets of hundreds of ancient traditions.

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  • "Dictionary of omens and superstitions. Français"
  • "Dictionary of omens and superstitions"

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  • "Do you avoid anything connected with the number thirteen, think it lucky when a black cat crosses your path and unlucky to see the new moon through glass? Belief in superstitions links us with a time when everyday events and objects had magical significance. A treasure trove of fascinating information, A Dictionary of Omens and Superstitions reveals the secrets of hundreds of ancient traditions."@en
  • "D'origine anglaise (1978) cet ouvrage intéressera à la fois les anthropologues et les lecteurs cultivés. Né d'une recherche contemporaine et occidentale quant au temps et lieu, ce recueil démontre que la science peut créer autant de superstitions qu'elle en efface et que la divination du futur continue à figurer parmi nos idiosyncrasies."
  • ""Did you know that: If a woman's apron suddenly falls off for no apparent reason it is an omen that will have a baby within a year? A man with a hairy chest makes a better lover than one without? The appearance of bubbles on the surface of a cup of tea can mean you are in for some money? If you must get out of bed on the left-hand side, you should put your right sock and shoe on first to counter the bad luck? Omens, superstitions, folk beliefs cling in fact to nearly every human activity. Most of them have grown up through centuries, linking us with a distant magical past when inanimate objects and chance happenings all had powers and meanings that we have long forgotten. Yet the superstitions persist, part of a living tradition that penetrated our language and our subconscious awareness still, and which it seems no scientific and technological progress can altogether eradicate. In this widely researched dictionary. Philippa Waring has listed omens and superstitions from all over the world, tracing their probable origins and the rich symbolic context in which they still survive. She suggests ways of exploiting good luck and avoiding bad. With over 500 entries, "The Dictionary of Omens and Superstitions" is the most wide-ranging and fascinating work in its field. PHILIPPA WARING worked for some time in a publishing firm before her marriage to the writer Peter Haining, and it was through working closely with her husband on his numerous books on folklore and the supernatural that she became interested in the subject herself. She and her husband, with their three children, live in Suffolk, England."--Jacket."@en

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  • "Bank i bordet : en bok om varsler, tegn og overtro"
  • "The Dictionary Of Omens And Superstitions"
  • "Dictionary of omens and superstitions"@en
  • "The dictionary of omens & superstitions"
  • "The Dictionary of omens & superstitions"@en
  • "Populi︠a︡rnyĭ slovarʹ primet i znameniĭ"
  • "The dictionary of omens & superstitions / M"
  • "The dictionary of omens and superstitions"@en
  • "A dictionary of omens and superstitions"
  • "A dictionary of omens and superstitions"@en
  • "Farhang-i khurāfāt : ʻajībʹtarīn khurāfāt-i mardum-i jahān"
  • "Slovarʹ primet i znamenii"
  • "Dictionnaire des présages et des superstitions"
  • "A Dictionary of omens and superstitions"

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