H.W. Heuvel - Volksgeloof en Volksleven. Met illustraties van G. Prop
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H.W. Heuvel - Volksgeloof en Volksleven. Met illustraties van G. Prop - Arnhem - Gysbers & Van Loon - 1978 - 1st edition - [6], [448] pp - Cloth binding with dust jacket - 16 x 23 cm.
Condition: Good - from the library of painter Willem van Manen with his signature. Top of dust jacket slightly discoloured.
Photomechanical reprint of this book originally published in 1909 about superstition, folklore and farming life in the Achterhoek by Hendrik Willem Heuvel (1864-1926). Illustrated with black and white reproductions. With table of contents and bibl. references. Hardcover edition.
¶ The book deals with i.a. Witches, WEREWOLVES, Giants, Elves, the Devil and demons, Germanic gods and goddesses, Folk medicine and magic remedies, Dreams and Omens. The second part discusses i.a. types of farms, house names, flax cultivation and linen, traditional costumes, 'travelling people' and death culture (dying and burial).
