INTRODUCTION

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CHAP.

I.

TINIA--TÉRAMÓ--BUSCHET--IMPUSA DELLA MORTE--SIERO--NORCIA, THE GODDESS OF TRUFFLES--APLU--TURANNA--PANO

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II.

MASO--MANIA DELLA NOTTE

49

III.

FERONIA--SILVIANO--PALÓ--ESTA--CARMENTA--IL SENTIERO

54

IV.

FAFLON--LO SPIRITO DELLA CONTENTEZZA---CORREDOIO--ORCO--TESANA---SPULVIERO--URFIA

65

V.

LARES, LASA, AND LASSI--LOSNA-- LARONDA--LEMURI--TAGO--FANIO--QUERCIOLA--SETHANO

80

VI.

CARRADORA--VIRA--BERGOIA--BUGHIN--GANZIO--ALPENA

107

VII.

TITUNO--ALBINA--VERBIO--DUSIO--REMLE--JANO, MEANA, MONTULGA, TALENA--PICO

122

VIII.

FLORIA--RA--BOVO--ATTILIO--LA BELLA MARTA--DIANA AND HERODIAS--OFFERINGS TO SPIRITS

136

IX.

IL SPIRITO DEL SCALDINO--ARTEMISIA--RED CAP--OF SORCERY IN ANCIENT ART--THE GODDESS OF THE FOUR WINDS, L'ERBA ROSOLACCIO--MADONNA DEL FUOCO--LA CAVALLETTA

159

X.

CUPRA---WALNUT WITCHES--WITCHES AND WITCHCRAFT--ZANCHI--HAIL AND CLOUD MEN--STORIES OF WITCHES AND GOBLINS--WIZARD SAINTS

182

CHAP.

PAGE

I.

LA STALLA DI MAIALE--THE SPELL OF THE IVY AND THE STATUE--THE SPELL OF THE HARE--THE SPELL OF THE SPIDER--THE SPELL OF THE GREEN LIZARD

251

II.

BIRDS AND TREASURES--THE SPELL OF THE FALLING STAR--THE SPELL OF THE ACORNS--THE SPELL OF THE SWALLOW--MINOR CURES FROM MARCELLUS--THE THREE WISE MEN OF THE EAST AND THE WITCH--MEDALS

270

III.

THE EXORCISM OF DEATH--THE SPELL OF THE CRADLE--DIVINATION WITH LEAD--DIVINATION BY OIL--PYROMANCY AND INCENSE--THE SPELL OF THE LAMP

303

IV.

EVIL INCANTATIONS--THE SPELL OF THE HOLY STONE AND THE SALAGRANA--THE SPELL OF THE SHELL AND THE TONE OF THE STONE--THE SPELL OF THE SNAIL--IL CANTO DEL GALLO--DIVINATION WITH ASHES

326

V.

THE AMETHYST--THE SPELL OF THE BLACK HEN--THE SPELL OF THE BELL--THE SPELL OF THE BOILING CLOTHES--RING SORCERY--AMULETS, OMENS, AND SMALL SORCERIES--LEAD AND ANTIMONY

349

INDEX

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