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Magic Tales and Fairy Tale Magic: From Ancient Egypt to the Italian Renaissance (Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic)

Magic Tales and Fairy Tale Magic: From Ancient Egypt to the Italian Renaissance

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Magic Tales and Fairy Tale Magic: From Ancient Egypt to the Italian Renaissance (Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic)

Magic Tales and Fairy Tale Magic: From Ancient Egypt to the Italian Renaissance

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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.ContentsTales, Magic, and Fairy TalesEgyptian, Greek, and Roman Magic TalesJewish Magic TalesMagic Tales in Medieval Christian EuropeMagic Tales in the Muslim Middle AgesMagic at Court and on the PiazzaThe Problematics of Magic on the Threshold of Fairy Tale Magic: Straparola’s Early ModernThe Evolution of Fairy Tale Magic from Straparola to Basile and Perrault

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Released July 2, 2014
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Ruth B. Bottigheimer is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Ruth B. Bottigheimer can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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