Charles Godfrey Leland (August 15, 1824 – March 20, 1903) was an American humorist and folklorist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was educated... 21 KB (2,390 words) - 15:09, 20 April 2024 |
Lucifer (section Charles Godfrey Leland) folklore and magical practices supposedly collected in Italy by Charles Godfrey Leland and published in his Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches, the figure... 65 KB (7,055 words) - 13:54, 25 April 2024 |
Witch's ladder (section Charles Godfrey Leland) expressed a range of opinions as to the function of the rope. When Charles Godfrey Leland received news of the Wellington find whilst in Italy, he investigated... 7 KB (962 words) - 16:58, 30 September 2023 |
Aradia (section Leland's Aradia) Aradia is one of the principal figures in the American folklorist Charles Godfrey Leland's 1899 work Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches, which he believed... 14 KB (1,858 words) - 21:51, 21 September 2023 |
"spending our spondulix." In Meister Karl's Sketch-Book (1855), Charles Godfrey Leland includes it in a long list of synonyms for money: " . . . the magic... 6 KB (814 words) - 15:56, 29 March 2024 |
cites it as well. The poem has been translated among others by Charles Godfrey Leland Some of the stanzas: The rushes are strangely rustling, The ocean... 17 KB (1,627 words) - 08:23, 29 April 2024 |
The stories were first recorded by Silas Tertius Rand and then by Charles Godfrey Leland in the 19th century. In his role as creator, Glooscap is similar... 8 KB (1,070 words) - 21:03, 25 April 2024 |