Defining'magic'is a maddening task. Over the last century numerous philosophers,
anthropologists, historians, and theologians have attempted to pin down its essential …

Lying on the border between eastern and western Christendom, Orthodox Karelia preserved
its unique religious culture into the 19th and 20th centuries, when it was described and …

This article looks at how the Finnish experience of chronic pain is shaped by socio‐cultural
practices. Along with the ambiguity that is necessarily present in all chronic illnesses, the …

How could a woman be three times accused of witchcraft and go on running a successful
farmstead? Why would men use a frying pan for cattle magic? Why did witches keep talking …

" In the mid-19th century, letters to newspapers in Finland began to condemn a practice
known as home thievery, in which farm mistresses pilfered goods from their farms to sell …

The book provides a comprehensive exploration of witchcraft beliefs and practices in the
rural region of Eastern Slovenia. Based on field research conducted at the beginning of the …

Naisen turvallisuus 1997-tutkimuksen suunnittelun alkutaipaleella kolle gani Markku
Heiskanen kysyi minulta, olinko joutunut parisuhteessani vä kivallan kohteeksi. Kysymys sai …

The babushka, a Russian term for “grandmother” but also informally applied to any elderly
woman, has held a special cultural value in Russia throughout history. However, there has …

This book examines women's relationship to the Virgin Mary in two different cultural and
religious contexts, and compares how these relationships have been analyzed and …

Eläimet ovat olleet tutkimuksen kohteina tieteellisen ajattelun alkupisteistä lähtien, mutta
uudenlainen, ihmisten ja eläinten suhteisiin keskittyvä tutkimus (human-animal studies) …