Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling, by Charles Godfrey Leland, [1891], at sacred-texts.com
CONTENTS
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CHAPTER I |
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The Origin of Witchcraft, Shamanism, and Sorcery—Vindictive and Mischievous Magic | |
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CHAPTER II |
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Charms and Conjurations To Cure the Disorders of Grown People—Hungarian Gypsy Magic | |
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CHAPTER III |
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Gypsy Conjurations and Exorcisms—The Cure of Children Hungarian Gypsy Spells—A Curious Old Italian "Secret"—The Magic Virtue of Garlic—A Florentine Incantation Learned From A Witch—Lilith, the Child-Stealer, and Queen of the Witches | |
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CHAPTER IV |
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South Slavonian and Other Gypsy Witch-Lore—The Words For A Witch—Vilas and The Spirits of Earth and Air—Witches, Egg-Shells, and Egg-Lore—Egg Proverbs—Ova De Crucibus | |
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CHAPTER V |
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Charms or Conjurations to Cure or Protect Animals | |
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CHAPTER VI |
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Of Pregnancy and Charms or Folk-Lore Connected With it—Boar's Teeth and Charms for Preventing The Flow of Blood | |
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CHAPTER VII |
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The Recovery of Stolen Property—Love-Charms—Shoes and Love-Potions or Philtres | |
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CHAPTER VIII |
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Roumanian and Transylvanian Sorceries and Superstitions Connected With Those of the Gypsies | |
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CHAPTER IX |
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The Rendezvous or Meetings of Witches, Sorcerers, and Vilas—A Continuation of South Slavonian Gypsy-Lore | |
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CHAPTER X |
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Of the Haunts, Homes, and Habits of Witches in the South Slavic Lands—Bogeys and Humbugs | |
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CHAPTER XI |
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Gypsy Witchcraft—The Magical Power Which Is Innate In All Men and Women—How It May Be Cultivated And Developed—The Principles of Fortune-Telling | |
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CHAPTER XII |
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Fortune-Telling (continued)—Romance Based on Chance, Or Hope, As Regards the Future—Folk- and Sorcery-Lore—Authentic Instances of Gypsy Prediction | |
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CHAPTER XIII |
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Proverbs Referring to Witches, Gypsies, and Fairies | |
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CHAPTER XIV |
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A Gypsy Magic Spell—Hokkani Baro—Lellin Dudikabin, Or the Great Secret—Children's Rhymes and Incantations—Ten Little Indian Boys and Ten Little Acorn Girls of Marcellus Burdigalensis | |
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CHAPTER XV |
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Gypsy Amulets | |
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CHAPTER XVI |
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Gypsies, Toads, and Toad-Lore |