| 1. Exorcism by Rabbis: Talmud Sages and Their Magic |
| 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.htm... |
| 2. Fetichism in West Africa |
| By Robert Hamill Nassau (1904), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive. |
| http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/fiwa/ |
| 3. Holy Wells |
| Introduction to holy wells mostly in the UK, with photographs and descriptions. |
| http://www.geocities.com/jamesrattue/wells_ho... |
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| 4. Islamic Resurgence and the Belief System of Rural Malays |
| 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/la... |
| 5. The Significance of Baptism in Estonian Folk Belief |
| An article describing Estonian folk-religious customs surrounding baptism, baby naming, and the celebration of name-days. |
| http://folklore.ee/folklore/vol5/ylorist1.htm |
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