{"product_id":"9789042926417","title":"The Celtic Evil Eye and Related Mythological Motifs in Medieval Ireland (Studies in the History and Anthropology of Religion)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf looks could kill... They can, according to medieval Irish texts - our \n\u003cbr\u003e richest literary inheritance in a Celtic language. The belief in evil, \n\u003cbr\u003e angry or envious eyes casting harmful glances that destroy their target \n\u003cbr\u003e is widespread. This is the first comprehensive study of 'the evil eye' \n\u003cbr\u003e in medieval Ireland. We follow the trail from Balor the fearsome \n\u003cbr\u003e one-eyed giant and other evil-eyed kings to saints casting the evil eye, \n\u003cbr\u003e and many others. This study surveys a fascinating body of Irish \n\u003cbr\u003e literature and also examines the evidence for belief in the evil eye in \n\u003cbr\u003e the daily life of medieval Ireland, where people tried to protect \n\u003cbr\u003e themselves against this purported harm by legislation, rituals, verbal \n\u003cbr\u003e precautions and remedies. Related mythological imagery is tracked down \n\u003cbr\u003e and a lost tale about a doomed king who follows a sinister-eyed woman \n\u003cbr\u003e into the Otherworld is reconstructed on the basis of surviving \n\u003cbr\u003e fragments. The edition and translation of a medieval Irish legal text by \n\u003cbr\u003e Fergus Kelly and two sagas in English translation conclude the volume.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peeters Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52623336243511,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":297.36,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.my\/products\/9789042926417","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Malaysia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}