Luck and Talismans
Subtitle: A Chapter of Popular Superstition
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: October 15, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781417976485
Subjects: Folklore; Social Science; Sociology; Folklore & Mythology; Social Science / Folklore & Mythology
First sentence: IN an age when every portent in the heavens, every convulsion of the earth, every disturbance in the depths of the sea was thought to be not only a manifestation of the power of those omnipotent beings who ruled the destinies of men, but evidence also of their interest in mortal affairs, and an indication of their wishes, it is not surprising to find evidence that the means whereby the divine will had been made known was, if of a permanent nature, treasured by its recipients, as proof whereby doubters might be confounded.