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Etruscan Roman Remains - Gods, Gobelins, Divination and Amulets (Paperback, New Ed)
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Etruscan Roman Remains - Gods, Gobelins, Divination and Amulets (Paperback, New Ed)
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The Etruscans are one of history's great mysteries -- a
sophisticated society that flourished at the heart of the Classical
world and then vanished, leaving relatively few archaeological
remains and few records of their culture. The Etruscans were adept
at magic, and Etruscan books of spells were common among the Romans
but they have not survived. While greatly influenced by the Greeks,
the Etruscans retained elements of an ancient non-Western culture,
and these archaic traits contributed greatly to the civilization
once thought of as purely Roman (gladiators, for example, and many
kinds of divination). Leland retrieves elements of Etruscan culture
from the living popular traditions of remote areas of the Italian
countryside where belief in "the old religion" survives to an
astonishing degree. Recorded when many of these secret beliefs and
practices were fading away, this remarkable volume deals with
ancient gods, spirits, witches, incantations, prophecy, medicine,
spells, and amulets, giving full descriptions, illustrations, and
instructions for practice.
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