Strange But True: A Historical Background to Popular Beliefs and Traditions

from dpevers

Not much more detail than I would expect to find on the Internet, but collected all in one place...for better or worse.

from bkswrites

I did not read this book through. It might be a good place to start if you want a compendium of magical thinking and practices, but it's so poorly organized and presented that it becomes merely a list that bounces back and forth through poorly specified time and place. The writer is presented as ...

from Helcura

This book is horrid. It reads like a fifth-grader's regurgitation of Wikipedia. Don't waste your time, unless you're trapped in an airport with nothing better to read. Note: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

from Antares1

Strange But True by Monica-Maria Stapelberg is an interesting reference. I had hoped to learn something new from it, but many of the chapters dealt with superstitions that I'd read about in other books. The kindle version could stand some better editing. I found sections repeated within some of t...

from Seaside-Reader

This book is an incredibly well researched and referrenced volume that discribes the historical and cultural roots of common beliefs, traditions and beliefs. I was impressed with the global scope of Dr. Stapelberg's cutural referrences when discussing belief systems and mythology. She clearly dem...