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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.html

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/larsen.htm

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

Fetichism in West Africa
By Robert Hamill Nassau (1904), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/fiwa/

Holy Wells
Introduction to holy wells mostly in the UK, with photographs and descriptions.
http://www.geocities.com/jamesrattue/wells_home.html

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