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Tradition Of Household Spirits : Ancestral Lore and Practices

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Tradition Of Household Spirits : Ancestral Lore and Practices

Author: Claude Lecouteux

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Why do we hang horseshoes for good luck or place wreaths on our doors? Why does the groom carry his new bride over the threshold? These customs represent the last vestiges from a long, rich history of honouring the spirits of our homes. They show that a house is more than a building: it is a living being with a body and soul.
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Publisher: Inner Traditions
ISBN: 9781620551059
Why do we hang horseshoes for good luck or place wreaths on our doors? Why does the groom carry his new bride over the threshold? These customs represent the last vestiges from a long, rich history of honouring the spirits of our homes. They show that a house is more than a building: it is a living being with a body and soul. Examining the extensive traditions surrounding houses from mediaeval times to the present, Claude Lecouteux reveals that humanity had an extremely sacred relationship with their homes and all the spirits who lived there alongside them - from the spirit of the house itself to the mischievous elves, fairies and imps who visited, invited or not. He shows how every aspect of constructing and keeping a house involved rites, ceremony, customs and taboos to appease the spirits, including the choice of a building lot and the very materials with which it was built. Revealing our ancestors' charms, prayers and practices to bestow happiness and prosperity upon their homes, Lecouteux shows that we can invite the spirits back into our houses, old or new, and restore the sacred bond between home and inhabitant. Uncovering the lost meaning behind door and window placement, the hearth and the threshold, Lecouteux shares many tales of house spirits, from the offerings used to cajole the local land spirit into becoming the domestic house spirit to the good and bad luck bestowed upon those who seek the help of the “Little Money Man.” He draws on studies and classic literature from old Europe - from Celtic lands and Scandinavia to France and Germany to the far eastern borders of Europe and into Russia - to explain the pagan roots behind many of these traditions. · Shares many tales of house spirits, from cajoling the local land spirit into becoming one's house spirit to the good and bad luck bestowed by mischievous house elves · Explains the meaning behind door and window placement, house orientation, horsehead gables, the fireplace or hearth and the threshold · Reveals the charms, chants, prayers and building practices used by our ancestors to bestow happiness and prosperity upon their homes and their occupants
Product details
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Author Claude Lecouteux
Dimensions 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Imprint Inner Traditions Bear and Company
ISBN 9781620551059
Language English
Media type Paperback
Original title Tradition Of Household Spirits : Ancestral Lore and Practices
Page count 240
Product no 9781620551059
Publish date 2013-09-04
Publisher Inner Traditions
RRP List price 16.99 GBP
Weight 308 g

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