Magic Tales and Fairy Tale Magic From Ancient Egypt to the Italian Renaissance
Description
This book examines magic's generally maleficent effect on humans from ancient Egypt through the Middle Ages, including tales from classical mythology, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim cultures. It shows that certain magical motifs lived on from age to age, but that it took until the Italian Renaissance for magic tales to become fairy tales.
Keywords
ReligionHistoryEuropeMedievalSocial HistoryAncientWorld
2014Book
Author(s)R. Bottigheimer
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781137380876
LanguageEnglish
