Author: Richard L.T. Orth
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476672261
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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For almost three centuries, the "Pennsylvania Dutch"--descended from German immigrants--have practiced white magic, known in their dialect as Braucherei (from the German "brauchen," to use) or Powwowing. The tradition was brought by immigrants from the Rhineland and Switzerland in the 17th and 18th centuries, when they settled in Pennsylvania and in other areas of what is now the eastern United States and Canada. Practitioners draw on folklore and tradition dating to the turn of the 19th century, when healers like Mountain Mary--canonized as a saint for her powers--arrived in the New World. The author, a member of the Pennsylvania Dutch community, describes in detail the practices, culture and history of faith healers and witches.
Author: Elmer Lewis Smith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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Author: David W. Kriebel
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9780271032139
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Known in Pennsylvania Dutch as brauche or braucherei, the folk-healing practice of powwowing was thought to draw upon the power of God to heal all manner of physical and spiritual ills. Yet some people believed, and still believe today, that this power to heal came not from God, but from the devil. Controversy over powwowing came to a climax in 1929 with the York Hex Murder Trial, in which one powwower from York County, Pennsylvania, killed another powwower (who, he believed, had placed a hex on him). In Powwowing Among the Pennsylvania Dutch, David Kriebel examines the practice of powwowing in a scholarly light and shows that, contrary to popular belief, the practice of powwowing is still active today. Because powwowing lacks extensive scholarly documentation, David Kriebel&’s research is both a groundbreaking inquiry and a necessity for the scholar of Pennsylvania German history and culture. The fact that powwowing is still practiced may come as a surprise to some readers, but included in this book are the interviews Kriebel had with living powwowers during his seven years of fieldwork in southeastern and central Pennsylvania. Along with these interviews, Kriebel includes biographical sketches of seven living powwowers; descriptions of powwowing as it was practiced in years past, compared with the practice today; a discussion of the belief of powwowing as healing; and a discussion of the future, if any, of powwowing, and what it will take for powwowing to continue to survive.
Author: Elmer Lewis Smith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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Author: Richard E. Wentz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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Wentz inrtoduces readers to this distinctive American people and their curious customs and provides insight into their spirituality and the workings of their unique and rapidly vanishing culture. A fascinating and noteworthy book that brings an exploration of folk religion and culture to a wide American readership.
Author: Audrey Burie Kirchner
Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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This work explores the history, folklore and folk life of the Pennsylvania Dutch, and other Germans who settled in the state. The authors introduce readers to the history of this group, including their coming to the USA, family and home life, unique dialect, folk arts, beliefs and superstitions.
Author: Elmer L. Smith
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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Author: Edwin Miller Fogel
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271036443
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Originally published: Philadelphia: American Germanica Press, 1915.
Author: Williamson, Chet
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 9781455610358
Category : Children's poetry, American
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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An adaptation of the famous poem about a Christmas Eve visitor, set in the Pennsylvania Dutch country. Includes a pie recipe and information about Belsnickel and the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect.
Author: William Woys Weaver
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998707495
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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