Tag: anthropology
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Black cats and chthonic worlds
Today, we’re into superstitions, black cats and voodoo dolls. Or something similar, but far less eloquently phrased (thank you for this song, Ricky Martin, you created a classic! 🙂 ). Black cats are irrevocably connected to Halloween, be it as witches’ familiars or simply a living form of the devil; but the superstitions go further…
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Witches and Witchcraft
Onwards with the Halloween thematic. 🙂 A witch, warlock, sorcerer/sorceress… plus many local names in many languages all mark one belief – a belief in a human being with supernatural powers. These powers are not necessarily considered evil, or used for evil, by all; but unfortunately, most if not all beliefs know a dualism…
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Vampires
I don’t believe we have really properly visited this topic thus far, barring the case study of the vampire scare in Malawi. With the Halloween drawing close, it is perhaps a fitting topic to explore, so let’s do it today. 🙂
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Fashion
Fashion is a part of our lives, whatever we say or think about it. It is a mode of our expression, it is a way of creating different facets of our persona and personality – the intimate lover, the calm business person, the fun outgoing friend, the caring parent, the cozy loving pet parent… It…