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• Arts: Literature: Myths and Folktales  (375)
• Society: Religion and Spirituality  (99,135)

Exorcism by Rabbis: Talmud Sages and Their Magic  faculty.biu.ac.il/~barilm/exorcism.html An article by Meir Bar-Ilan centering on the Jewish sages of the Mishnah and Talmud who dealt with magic in the religious context of their times; demonstrates survivals of this ancient phenomenon in contemporary Israeli and Palestinian religious folklore.

Fetichism in West Africa  www.sacred-texts.com/afr/fiwa By Robert Hamill Nassau (1904), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive.

Holy Wells  www.theweepingcross.com/wells_home.html Introduction to holy wells mostly in the UK, with photographs and descriptions.

Islamic Resurgence and the Belief System of Rural Malays  www.abo.fi/comprel/temenos/temeno32/larsen.htm A lengthy scholarly article by Anne Katherine Larsen that identifies and discusses traditional folkloric "extra-religious beliefs" and customs that reside beneath, and sometimes conflict with, the ostensibly Islamic Malay culture.

Matera and Festivity for Madonna Bruna's  www.festadellabruna.it/en Site about the festivity, which has been celebrated in the City of Matera for over six centuries. On July 2nd, Matera celebrates the Madonna della Bruna with a feast rich in history, religion and folklore.

The Significance of Baptism in Estonian Folk Belief  folklore.ee/folklore/vol5/ylorist1.htm An article describing Estonian folk-religious customs surrounding baptism, baby naming, and the celebration of name-days.