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Research Topics on: superstition

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Books on: superstition

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Journal Articles on: superstition

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Magazine Articles on: superstition

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Newspaper Articles on: superstition

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    Women Who Live by Superstition
    Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 27, 2005
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...are more likely to bring superstition into the equation. Women...superstitious than men. Superstition is an attempt to control...per cent of Scots. The superstition Britons most fear is cracking...The Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and Ireland...
     
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    For Players, Superstitions a Rite of Swing
    Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 27, 2007
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...Tigers Sunday scarlet, superstition has long been a silent...dish for spawning superstitions than golf. The game...ritualistic displays of superstition. "Every instructor...Elizondos ritualized superstition upon further questioning...talisman, nor any superstitions," said Poulter...
     
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    Scoring against Sporting Superstitions
    Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), October 30, 2004
    Subjects: 
    Boston Red Sox, Ruth, Babe
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...fighting superstition with superstition. So where they believe...wickets in an innings. SUPERSTITION is not confined to competitors...professionals. One common superstition among Argentine football...One of the most bizarre superstitions among fans was the notion...
     
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    Superstition That Could Yet Haunt Toure the Tortoise
    Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 25, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    Superstition That Could Yet Haunt Toure the Tortoise. Byline: MATT BARLOW ARSENALS Kolo Toure picked up an unnecessary booking last night because of his superstition about being the last player out on to the pitch. As the team ran out...
     
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    Captain Lets Superstition Go to His Head as the'Ginger Ninjas' Take on Aussies
    Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), May 16, 2010
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    Captain Lets Superstition Go to His Head as theGinger Ninjas Take on Aussies. Byline: Peter...England Twenty20 skipper is a stickler when it comes to cricketing superstition and, as one of four Ginger Ninjas at the heart of their successful...
     

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Encyclopedia Articles on: superstition

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    Magic , in Religion and Superstition
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    MAGIC , in religion and superstition in religion and superstition, the practice of manipulating and controlling the course of nature by preternatural means. Magic is based upon the belief that the universe is populated by unseen forces or spirits...
     
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    Superstition
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    SUPERSTITION an irrational belief or practice resulting...fear of the unknown. The validity of superstitions is based on belief in the power of...forces as spirits and demons. A common superstition in the Middle Ages was that the devil...
     
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    Botany
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...garden ) stressed the utility of plants for man; the popular herbal , describing the medical uses of plants, mingled current superstition with fact. In the late 17th and the 18th cent. the influence of the ancient scholars was modified by the growth of scientific...
     
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    Spanish American Literature
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...1946; tr. 1963) and The Bejeweled Boy (1961; tr. 1972). Cubas Alejo Carpentier captured the world of magic and superstition in The Lost Steps (1953; tr. 1956) and The Harp and the Shadow (1979; tr. 1990), and gave the name of magic realism...
     
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    Mandrake
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...nightshade family), the source of a narcotic much used during the Middle Ages as a pain-killer and perhaps the subject of more superstition than any other plant. The true mandrakes are of the genus Mandragora (especially M. officinalis ), herbaceous perennials...
     

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