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The Wild Rue by Bess Allen Donaldson




Second Hand / Antiquarian

The Wild Rue - A Study of Muhammadan Magic and Folklore in Iran

Published: Luzan & Co, London 1938
Condition: Fair, no dust jacket,

The Wild Rue is a unique study of magic, myth and folklore in Iran. In this classic work, Bess Donaldson records the beliefs and superstitions of the country at a time when they were increasingly threatened by the Shah’s programme of modernisation. This earlier way of life, with its belief in angels and the evil eye, and with its age-old rituals surrounding childbirth and burial, is recounted in a highly readable text. Among the wide variety of topics covered are cosmology, dreams, names and numbers, talismans and signs, oaths and curses, childbirth, angels, trees and plants, the evil eye, and the calendar. Long unavailable, The Wild Rue is indispensable to any serious student of Iran and will be welcomed by all with an interest in the country’s culture and history.



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