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An article by Meir Bar-Ilan centering on the Jewish sages of the Mishnah and Talmud who dealt with magic in the religious context of their times; demonstrates survivals of this ancient phenomenon in contemporary Israeli and Palestinian religious folklore.
http://faculty.biu.ac.il/~barilm/exorcism.html - New window - Cached - Archive -
Introduction to holy wells mostly in the UK, with photographs and descriptions.
http://www.geocities.com/jamesrattue/wells_home.html - New window - Cached - Archive -
A lengthy scholarly article by Anne Katherine Larsen that identifies and discusses traditional folkloric "extra-religious beliefs" and customs that reside beneath, and sometimes conflict with, the ostensibly Islamic Malay culture.
http://www.abo.fi/comprel/temenos/temeno32/larsen.htm - New window - Cached - Archive -
An article describing Estonian folk-religious customs surrounding baptism, baby naming, and the celebration of name-days.
http://folklore.ee/folklore/vol5/ylorist1.htm - New window - Cached - Archive -
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