Tools of Magic – Ritual Handling and Human-Thing Entanglement in 19th-Century Finland

The meaning of objects is often observed through how they are useful to humans or what kind of symbolism people attach to them. Thus, human subjects dominate material objects. However, the matter can be approached differently. This article has two aims: First, it discusses evidence of the interactio...

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Main Author: Hukantaival, Sonja (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2023
In: Material religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 148-170
Further subjects:B Materiality
B folk medicine
B Finland
B magic objects
B human-thing entanglement
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