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The Algonquin Legends of New England by Charles G. Leland [1898].

Table of Contents:

Publisher's Preface; Introduction; Glooskap The Divinity; Of Glooskap's Birth, And Of His Brother Malsum The Wolf; How Glooskap Made The Elves And Fairies, And Then Man Of An Ash Tree, And Last Of All, Beasts, And Of His Coming At The Last Day; Of The Great Deeds Which Glooskap Did For Men; How He Named The Animals, And Who They Were That Formed His Family; How Win-pe The Sorcerer, Having Stolen Glooskap's Family, Was By Him Pursued, And How Glooskap For A Merry Jest Cheated The Whale. Of The Song Of The Clams, And How The Whale Smoked A Pipe; Of The Dreadful Deeds Of The Evil Pitcher, Who Was Both Man And Woman, And How She Fell In Love With Glooskap, And, Being Scorned, Became His Enemy. Of The Toads And Porcupines, And The Awful Battle Of The Giants; How The Story Of Glooskap And Pook-jin-skwess, The Evil Pitcher, Is Told By The Passamaquoddy Indians; How Glooskap Became Friendly To The Loons, And Made Them His Messengers; How Glooskap Made His Uncle Mikchich The Turtle Into A Great Man, And Got Him A Wife. Of Turtles' Eggs, And How Glooskap Vanquished A Sorcerer By Smoking Tobacco; How Glooskap Sailed Through The Great Cavern Of Darkness; Of The Great Works Which Glooskap Made In The Land; The Story Of Glooskap As Told In A Few Words By A Woman Of The Penobscots; How Glooskap, Leaving The World, All The Animals Mourned For Him, And How, Ere He Departed, He Gave Gifts To Men; How Glooskap Had A Great Frolic With Kitpooseagunow, A Mighty Giant Who Caught A Whale; How Glooskap Made A Magician Of A Young Man, Who Aided Another To Win A Wife And Do Wonderful Deeds; How A Certain Wicked Witch Sought To Cajole The Great And Good Glooskap, And Of Her Punishment; Of Other Men Who Went To Glooskap For Gifts; Of Glooskap And The Three Other Seekers; Of Glooskap And]]> 280440 3.61 61 11 2008 6309156 1402100736 9781402100734 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6309156.Legends_of_Florence 4.00 1 280440 3.61 61 11 2000 6309153 1606200321 9781606200322 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6309153.Gypsy_Sorcery_and_Fortune_Telling_Incantations_Specimens_of_Medical_Magic_Anecdotes_Tales 4.00 1 "The Gypsies, who call themselves Rom or Romany, are a nomadic culture which originated in India during the Middle Ages. They migrated widely, particularly to Europe, where they worked as farm laborers, metalworkers, scrapdealers, and horsetraders. They also made a living as entertainers, fortune tellers, and grifters. Persecuted by the Nazis, and discriminated against to this day, the Rom have a long tradition of magic and shamanism. As Leland points out, these practices have parallels with those of other traditional pagan cultures around the world.

This book discusses spells, incantations and talismans used within Rom culture, as well as the more practical magic they use in their interaction with the Gorgios--the non-Gypsies. It is this latter topic which provides some of the most interesting and instructional reading. Leland gives some generalized methods of fortune-telling which any prospective psychic would do well to study; as well as the details of the 'Great Secret', a magic trick in which all of your money disappears...

Gypsy life has a romantic appeal, and Leland, who popularized Gypsy lore in this and other books played no small part in this image-making. However, Leland makes it abudantly clear that life on the road was hard. The Rom people are to be admired for their survival skills in a hostile world, and for the longevity and persistance of their culture." (Quote from sacred-texts.com)

About the Author

"Charles Godfrey Leland (August 15, 1824 - March 20, 1903) was an American humorist and folklorist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and educated at Princeton University, and in Europe. Leland worked in journalism, travelled extensively, and became interested in folklore and folk linguistics, publishing books and articles on American and European languages and folk traditions. By the end of his life shortly after the turn of]]> 280440 3.61 61 11 2008 503636 1402181787 9781402181788 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175301676m/503636.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175301676s/503636.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/503636.Fusang_or_the_Discovery_of_America_by_Chinese_Buddhist_Priests_in_the_Fifth_Century 4.00 1 280440 3.61 61 11 2006 6309159 1437209513 9781437209518 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6309159.Johnnykin_and_the_Goblins 3.00 1 280440 3.61 61 11 2008