The Encyclopedia of Superstitions

by Richard Webster

Overview

Have you ever rubbed a frog on your freckles?

Trivia fans and fun fact fanatics will adore this fascinating, flickable encyclopedia of superstitions! Richard Webster presents over five hundred of the most obscure, curious, and just-plain-freaky superstitions of the Western world.

Discover batty beliefs about baldness, beans, and the Bermuda Triangle, and peculiar practices regarding hiccups, hearses, and hunchbacks. From modern myths to centuries-old lore, The Encyclopedia of Superstitions offers a wealth of wonderfully weird beliefs on just about every topic you can imagine:

• Holidays
• Birth
• Death
• Weddings
• Colors
• Gemstones
• Trees
• Flowers
• Fairies
• Weather
• Numbers
• Animals
• Birds
• Insects
• Household Items
• Zodiac Signs
• Gambling
• The Human Body
• Food

Praise:
"[T]his reference makes for compulsive browsing."—Publishers Weekly

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738712772
Publisher:	Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Publication date:	02/08/2008
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.13(h) x 0.79(d)

About the Author

Richard Webster (New Zealand) is the bestselling author of more than one hundred books. Richard has appeared on several radio and television programs in the US and abroad, including guest spots on WMAQ-TV (Chicago), KTLA-TV (Los Angeles), and KSTW-TV (Seattle). He travels regularly, lecturing and conducting workshops on a variety of metaphysical subjects. His bestselling titles include Spirit Guides & Angel Guardians and Creative Visualization for Beginners. Learn more at www.Psychic.co.nz.

Editorial Reviews

"[T]his reference makes for compulsive browsing."—Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

Drawing from his international travels, New Zealand palmist Webster (Practical Guide to Past-Life Memories) has compiled an A-to-Z catalog of 500 objects and actions closely associated with various superstitions. Focusing exclusively on Western-based popular myth, entries run from a single paragraph to multiple pages and sometimes offer brief scientific explanations for seemingly mysterious phenomena. Fully cross-referenced, these engaging and occasionally surprising entries often make reference to relevant literature and historical practice. Nine pages of textual citations and a five-page further reading list round out the book. Recommended for cultural studies collections.

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