Book Description
A collection of 101 American superstitions, arranged within nine sections including body language, love and marriage, special days, and food for thought. Includes cartoon illustrations.
Author : Harry Collis
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 43,58 MB
Release : 1998-03-02
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780844255996
A collection of 101 American superstitions, arranged within nine sections including body language, love and marriage, special days, and food for thought. Includes cartoon illustrations.
Author : Claudia Delys
Publisher : Gramercy
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 14,94 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780517181300
Discusses the origins and the truth behind a wide variety of superstitions, grouped in over 325 subject categories.
Author : Harry Collis
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 34,66 MB
Release : 1998-03-02
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780844255996
This humorous and informative compendium gives the origin and an example of each of 101 familiar superstitions.
Author : Vergilius Ferm
Publisher :
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 24,33 MB
Release : 1959
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
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Author : Newbell Niles Puckett
Publisher :
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 29,67 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Folklore
ISBN :
Author : Vergilius Ferm
Publisher :
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 34,56 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Superstition
ISBN :
Author : Claudia de Lys
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,82 MB
Release : 1957
Category : Folklore
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 28,60 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Folklore
ISBN : 9780880299022
Author : Fanny Dickerson Bergen
Publisher :
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 34,89 MB
Release : 1896
Category : Folklore
ISBN :
Author : Stuart Vyse
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 26,45 MB
Release : 2020-01-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0192551310
Do you touch wood for luck, or avoid hotel rooms on floor thirteen? Would you cross the path of a black cat, or step under a ladder? Is breaking a mirror just an expensive waste of glass, or something rather more sinister? Despite the dominance of science in today's world, superstitious beliefs - both traditional and new - remain surprisingly popular. A recent survey of adults in the United States found that 33 percent believed that finding a penny was good luck, and 23 percent believed that the number seven was lucky. Where did these superstitions come from, and why do they persist today? This Very Short Introduction explores the nature and surprising history of superstition from antiquity to the present. For two millennia, superstition was a label derisively applied to foreign religions and unacceptable religious practices, and its primary purpose was used to separate groups and assert religious and social authority. After the Enlightenment, the superstition label was still used to define groups, but the new dividing line was between reason and unreason. Today, despite our apparent sophistication and technological advances, superstitious belief and behaviour remain widespread, and highly educated people are not immune. Stuart Vyse takes an exciting look at the varieties of popular superstitious beliefs today and the psychological reasons behind their continued existence, as well as the likely future course of superstition in our increasingly connected world. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.