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Charles Godfrey Leland Ordre des livres (chronologique)
Charles Godfrey Leland était un humoriste et folkloriste américain dont le travail a fréquemment exploré les langues et traditions populaires américaines et européennes. Il a cultivé un profond intérêt pour la linguistique populaire, publiant de nombreux articles et livres sur le sujet. Alors que ses comiques Ballades de Hans Breitmann lui ont valu la reconnaissance en tant qu'humoriste, ses recherches universitaires se sont plongées au cœur de la culture populaire. De plus, il a écrit un texte qui deviendrait une œuvre fondamentale pour le néopaganisme, montrant l'étendue de son engagement dans les traditions ésotériques.
The Algonquin Legends of New England; Myths and Folk Lore of the Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot Tribes
in large print
- 420pages
- 15 heures de lecture
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Il vangelo delle streghe
- 144pages
- 6 heures de lecture
Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches
- 132pages
- 5 heures de lecture
Its accuracy is disputed by some, while others consider it a vital resource for studying and understanding Italian witch folklore of the 19th century. What is certain is that this 1899 classic has become a foundational document of modern Wicca and neopaganism. Leland claimed his "witch informant," a fortune-teller named Maddalena, supplied him with the secret writings that he translated and combined with his research on Italian pagan tradition to create a gospel of pagan belief and practice. Here, in the story of the goddess Aradia, who came to Earth to champion oppressed peasants in their fight against their feudal overlords and the Catholic Church, are the chants, prayers, spells, and rituals that have become the centerpieces of contemporary pagan faiths. American journalist and folklorist CHARLES GODFREY LELAND (1824-1903) was editor of Continental Monthly during the Civil War and coined the term emancipation as an alternative to abolition, but he is best remembered for his books on ethnography, folklore, and language, including The Gypsies (1882), The Hundred Riddles of the Fairy Bellaria (1892), and Unpublished Legends of Virgil (1899).