Magic Tales and Fairy Tale Magic: From Ancient Egypt to the Italian Renaissance

Ruth B. Bottigheimer

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Magic Tales and Fairy Tale Magic: From Ancient Egypt to the Italian Renaissance by Ruth B. Bottigheimer
This book examines magic's generally maleficent effect on humans from ancient Egypt through the Middle Ages, including tales from classical mythology, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim cultures. It shows that certain magical motifs lived on from age to age, but that it took until the Italian Renaissance for magic tales to become fairy tales.

Contents
Tales, Magic, and Fairy Tales
Egyptian, Greek, and Roman Magic Tales
Jewish Magic Tales
Magic Tales in Medieval Christian Europe
Magic Tales in the Muslim Middle Ages
Magic at Court and on the Piazza
The Problematics of Magic on the Threshold of Fairy Tale Magic: Straparola’s Early Modern
The Evolution of Fairy Tale Magic from Straparola to Basile and Perrault
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