Cursed sites and cursed practices, treasure hunting at haunted places: A case study from Greece
The aim of this paper is to explain why such a widespread practice as treasure hunting is related to narratives of cursed and haunted places. The reasons are many: a) the intermingling of official and folk religious elements in Orthodox Christian tradition that also serves the Greek nationalistic id...
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| Language: | English |
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Institute of Ethnography, SASA, Belgrade
2007-01-01
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| Series: | Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-0861/2007/0350-08610701171K.pdf |