Magic of
The Magic of the Horse-shoe, with other folk-lore notes
作者：Lawrence, Robert Means, 1847-1935
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共 107 题- THE MAGIC OF THE HORSE-SHOE
- With Other Folk-Lore Notes
- COPYRIGHT, 1898, BY ROBERT MEANS LAWRENCE.
- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
- PREFACE
- R. M. L.
- CONTENTS
- PAGE
- THE MAGIC OF THE HORSE-SHOE 1
- FORTUNE AND LUCK 140
- THE FOLK-LORE OF COMMON SALT 154
- THE OMENS OF SNEEZING 206
- DAYS OF GOOD AND EVIL OMEN 239
- SUPERSTITIOUS DEALINGS WITH ANIMALS 279
- THE LUCK OF ODD NUMBERS 312
- THE MAGIC OF THE HORSE-SHOE
- I. HISTORY OF THE HORSE-SHOE
- II. THE HORSE-SHOE AS A SAFEGUARD
- III. HORNS AND OTHER TWO-PRONGED OBJECTS
- IV. THE SYMBOL OF THE OPEN HAND
- V. CRESCENTS AND HALF-MOON-SHAPED AMULETS
- Du Bartas, in his “Divine Weekes,” says in reference to this plant:—
- VI. IRON AS A PROTECTIVE CHARM
- VII. BLACKSMITHS CREDITED WITH SUPERNATURAL ATTRIBUTES
- This saint is mentioned in Barnaby Googe’s “Popish Kingdome,” as follows:—
- VIII. FIRE AS A SPIRIT-SCARING ELEMENT
- IX. THE SERPENTINE SHAPE OF THE HORSE-SHOE
- X. THE HORSE-SHOE ARCH IN ANCIENT CALEDONIAN HIEROGLYPHICS
- XI. THE HORSE-SHOE AS A SYMBOL OF THE HORSE
- XII. HORSES’ HEADS AS TALISMANS
- XIII. THE HORSE-SHOE AS A FAVORITE ANTI-WITCH CHARM
- XIV. THE POSITION OF THE HORSE-SHOE AS A PROTECTOR OF BUILDINGS
- XV. THE LUCKY HORSE-SHOE IN GENERAL
- XVI. THE HORSE-SHOE AS A PHALLIC SYMBOL
- XVII. THE HORSE-SHOE AS A SYMBOL ON TAVERN SIGN-BOARDS
- XVIII. HORSE-SHOES ON CHURCH-DOORS
- XIX. HORSE-SHOE LEGENDARY LORE
- 8. The Scandinavian superstition of the _Demon-Mare_.
- 10. The legend of _Saint Dunstan and the Devil_.
- 11. _Phallic Symbolism._
- 12. The _Aureole_ or _Nimbus_.
- 13. Supernatural faculties ascribed to _blacksmiths_.
- 15. _Horses’ hoof-prints_ in mythology and tradition.
- 16. The horse-shoe a symbol of the heathen god _Wodan_.
- XXI. CONCLUSION
- FORTUNE AND LUCK
- AUSONIUS.
- OVID.
- STEELE.
- I. TYCHE, THE GRECIAN GODDESS OF GOOD LUCK
- II. THE ROMAN GODDESS FORTUNA
- III. THE CHARACTER OF FORTUNE
- IV. TEMPLES OF FORTUNE
- V. LUCK, ANCIENT AND MODERN
- THE FOLK-LORE OF COMMON SALT[252]
- I. ORIGIN AND HISTORY
- II. SALT UNCONGENIAL TO WITCHES AND DEVILS
- III. THE LATIN WORD “SAL”
- IV. SALT EMPLOYED TO CONFIRM AN OATH
- V. SALT-SPILLING AS AN OMEN
- In the “British Apollo” (1708) are these lines:—
- In the Lansdowne MSS. 231 (British Museum) occurs this passage:—
- VI. HELPING TO SALT AT TABLE
- VII. SALT AS A PROTECTION TO YOUNG INFANTS
- VIII. SALT AS A MAGICAL SUBSTANCE
- IX. MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS ON SALT
- The cook answered:—
- X. THE SALT-CELLAR
- King Henry III. ordered twenty silver salts in the year 1243.[340]
- Quite apropos to our subject are the words of an old English ballad:—
- THE OMENS OF SNEEZING
- I. IN ANCIENT TIMES
- II. MEDIÆVAL BELIEFS ABOUT SNEEZING
- 18. But yf he snese twyse, yt is cleane contrary.
- III. MODERN SUPERSTITIONS ABOUT SNEEZING
- IV. THE DOCTRINE OF DEMONIACAL POSSESSION
- V. SALUTATION AFTER SNEEZING
- VI. LEGENDS RELATING TO SNEEZING
- In the traditional lore of ancient Picardy is the following legend:—
- DAYS OF GOOD AND EVIL OMEN
- I. EGYPTIAN DAYS
- II. ROMAN SUPERSTITION CONCERNING DAYS
- III. MEDIÆVAL BELIEF IN DAY-FATALITY
- And again:—
- IV. PREVALENCE OF SIMILAR BELIEFS IN MODERN TIMES
- V. THE SIXTH DAY OF THE WEEK
- VI. FRIDAY IN MODERN TIMES
- In some districts of Hungary the following peculiar custom is in vogue:—
- SUPERSTITIOUS DEALINGS WITH ANIMALS
- I. RATS AND MICE AS AVENGERS
- II. SPIRITS ASSUME THE FORMS OF BLACK ANIMALS
- III. EXORCISM AND CONJURATION OF VERMIN
- IV. CHARMS AGAINST ANIMALS
- V. IMAGES OF ANIMALS AND BIRDS USED AS CHARMS
- VI. WORDS USED AS CHARMS
- VII. SUPERSTITIOUS DEALINGS WITH WILD ANIMALS
- VIII. LEGAL PROSECUTION OF ANIMALS
- Also in Exodus xxi. 28:—
- THE LUCK OF ODD NUMBERS
- I. EARLY SIGNIFICANCE OF NUMBERS
- II. THE NUMBER THREE
- III. THE NUMBER SEVEN
- IV. ODD NUMBERS IN WITCHCRAFT
- V. ODD NUMBERS IN FOLK-MEDICINE
- VI. THE NUMBER THIRTEEN
- FOOTNOTES
- TOPICAL INDEX