Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. INTRODUCTION 1
4. Part I. GENRE, CLASSIFICATION, TERMINOLOGY
5. Chapter I. A Genre in the Making. The First Study of Charms in Norway 15
6. Chapter II. The Making of a Charm Collector. Alexander Carmichael in Uist, From 1864 To 1882 27
7. Chapter III. Charm Indexes: Problems and Perspectives 71
8. Chapter IV. Medieval Narrative Charms 101
9. Chapter V. The Historical Development of “Charm” Terminology in Hungarian 117
10. Part II. HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE STUDIES
11. Chapter VI. The Marginality of Charms in Medieval England 135
12. Chapter VII. Church Benedictions and Popular Charms in Hungary 165
13. Chapter VIII. Benediction and Exorcism in Early Modern Hungary 199
14. Chapter IX. Baltic and East Slavic Charms 211
15. Part III. CONTENT AND FUNCTION OF CHARMS
16. Chapter X. The Năjit Between Prayers and Charms: A Study of the Romanian Manuscript Tradition 239
17. Chapter XI. Charming The Moon: Moon Charms for Sick Children in Portuguese Ethnography 257
18. Chapter XII. “Dear Merciful Mother”: The Virgin Mary in Finnish and Karelian Birth Incantations 265
19. Chapter XIII. The Power of Words in Miracles, Visions, Incantations and Bewitchments 281
20. About the Editors 305
21. About the Contributors 307
22. Index 311