Robert Means Lawrence

A fascinating 1899 work tracing the origins of common superstitions through time and civilizations, tracking how they evolved. Superstitions still have a firm hold in cultures all across the world, but where did so many of them come from, and how do myths and beliefs differ from country to country? This 1899 gem sets out to determine just that, tracing superstitious origins across the world from ancient Egypt to Viking Norway to the Asian dynasties....