Charms, Charmers and Charming in Ireland
From the Medieval to the Modern
Golygydd(ion) John Carey,Ciarán Ó Gealbháin,Ilona Tuomi,Barbara Hillers
Iaith: Saesneg
Dosbarthiad(au): Medieval
Cyfres: New Approaches to Celtic Religion and Mythology
- Hydref 2019 · 288 tudalen ·216x138mm
- · Clawr Meddal - 9781786834928
- · eLyfr - pdf - 9781786834935
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Am y llyfr
This is the first book to examine the full range of the evidence for Irish charms, from medieval to modern times. As Ireland has one of the oldest literatures in Europe, and also one of the most comprehensively recorded folklore traditions, it affords a uniquely rich body of evidence for such an investigation. The collection includes surveys of broad aspects of the subject (charm scholarship, charms in medieval tales, modern narrative charms, nineteenth-century charm documentation); dossiers of the evidence for specific charms (a headache charm, a nightmare charm, charms against bleeding); a study comparing the curses of saints with those of poets; and an account of a newly discovered manuscript of a toothache charm. The practices of a contemporary healer are described on the basis of recent fieldwork, and the connection between charms and storytelling is foregrounded in chapters on the textual amulet known as the Leabhar Eoin, on the belief that witches steal butter, and on the nature of the belief that effects supernatural cures.
Dyfyniadau
‘Charms, Charmers and Charming in Ireland introduces the reader to the range of medieval and modern Irish charms and illuminates the complex and changing cultural contexts in which such charms were employed and transmitted. Striking a good balance between earlier and later sources, this outstanding collection will be of value to readers interested in medieval Irish medicine and Irish folklore, as well as to readers with general interests in alternative approaches to health and healing.’
-Dr Elizabeth Gray, Harvard University
‘Connecting ancient and modern, textual and oral traditions, this collection of essays is a landmark publication in the field of Irish charm scholarship. For the first time, readers can access the richness of Irish charm materials insightfully interpreted and theorised by the very best scholars in the field
-Dr James Kapaló, University College Cork
'The ISFNR's Committee on Charms, Chamers and Charming congratulates the editors and all the authors of 'Charms, Charmers and Charming in Ireland: From the Medieval to the Modern'. This is a significant and long-awaited publication that is likely to prove an enduring resource to scholars. It would be excellent if this book could become a model for those working elsewhere, and prove to be but the first in a series of works dedicated to particular traditions, covered in detail from the medieval to the modern. Congratulations once again to all involved, and good reading!'
- Jonathan Roper
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List of Illustrations and Maps
List of Tables
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
1. Jacqueline Borsje – European and American Scholarship and the Study of Medieval Irish ‘Magic’ (1846–1960)
2. John Carey – Charms in Medieval Irish Tales: Tradition, Adaptation, Invention
3. Cathinka Dahl Hambro – The Religious Significance of the sén 7 soladh in Altram Tige Dá Medar
4. Ilona Tuomi – Nine Hundred Years of the Caput Christi Charm: Scribal Strategies and Textual Transmission
5. Ksenia Kudenko – In Defence of the Irish Saints who ‘Loved Malediction’
6. Barbara Hillers – Towards a Typology of European Narrative Charms in Irish Oral Tradition
7. Nicholas M. Wolf – Nineteenth-Century Charm Texts: Scope and Context
8. Joseph J. Flahive – A Toothache Charm in a Manuscript Fragment of John Lysaght
9. Bairbre Ní Fhloinn – ‘The Cure for Bleeding’: Charms and Other Cures for Blood-stopping in Irish Tradition
10. Deirdre Nuttall – ‘Cahill’s Blood’: Mr Cahill Makes the Cure
11. Denis McArdle – Aisling na Maighdine: The Virgin’s Dream in Irish Oral Tradition
12. Gearóid Ó Crualaoich – An Leabhar Eoin: The ‘In Principio’ Charm in Oral and Literary Tradition
13. Shane Lehane – The Cailleach and the Cosmic Hare
14. Stiofán Ó Cadhla – ‘We’ll talk now about charms’: Knowledge as Folklore and Folklore as Knowledge
Bibliography
Index