Author : R. Bottigheimer
Release : 2014-07-01
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 888/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Magic Tales and Fairy Tale Magic by : R. Bottigheimer
Download or read book Magic Tales and Fairy Tale Magic written by R. Bottigheimer. This book was released on 2014-07-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.