Etruscan Roman Remains by Charles Godfrey Leland

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To accompany our previous publication of Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches, and Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling, we are delighted to introduce the Troy Books edition of the 1892 book Etruscan Roman Remains in Popular Tradition, by the folklorist Charles Godfrey Leland. The book presents a fascinating collection of lore, magical charms, spells, divinations, necromantic rites and spirit conjurations from the Tuscan region of Italy with a particular focus on the beliefs and practices of Stregheria, Italian traditional witchcraft. Indeed, parts of this book by the ‘grandfather of modern witchcraft’ are, as Stewart Farrar remarked, ‘virtually a grimoire of witches’ magic.’ Profusely illustrated throughout with Leland’s typically bewitching ink drawings.

PART FIRST

GODS AND GOBLINS

INTRODUCTION 

I.  TINIA–TÉRAMÓ–BUSCHET–IMPUSA DELLA MORTE–SIERO–NORCIA, THE GODDESS OF  TRUFFLES–APLU–TURANNA–PANO 

II.  MASO–MANIA DELLA NOTTE 

III.  FERONIA–SILVIANO–PALÓ–ESTA–CARMENTA–IL SENTIERO 

IV.  FAFLON–LO SPIRITO DELLA CONTENTEZZA—CORREDOIO–ORCO–TESANA—                 SPULVIERO–URFIA 

V.  LARES, LASA, AND LASSI–LOSNA– LARONDA–LEMURI–TAGO–FANIO–QUERCIOLA–SETHANO 

VI.  CARRADORA–VIRA–BERGOIA–BUGHIN–GANZIO–ALPENA 

VII.  TITUNO–ALBINA–VERBIO–DUSIO–REMLE–JANO, MEANA, MONTULGA, TALENA–PICO 

VIII.  FLORIA–RA–BOVO–ATTILIO–LA BELLA MARTA–DIANA AND HERODIAS–OFFERINGS TO SPIRITS 

IX.    IL SPIRITO DEL SCALDINO–ARTEMISIA–RED CAP–OF SORCERY IN ANCIENT ART–THE GODDESS OF THE FOUR WINDS, L’ERBA ROSOLACCIO–MADONNA DEL FUOCO–LA CAVALLETTA