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Legends of Organ Theft: The Moral Dilemma of Contemporary Society

Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2016
Legends and rumors of organ theft became a global phenomenon in the beginning of the 80s, with the information originating from the "Third world" countries. Victims where poor and powerless, typically children.
Dragana Antonijević
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The Jinn – The Culprit of the Arabic World

Különleges Bánásmód
The article attempts to ponder on the prevalent religious beliefs, urban (vernacular) legends, everyday customs and traditions related to the figure of the jinn and its origins.
Kinga Németh
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Die Rothschilds. Aktien auf Waterloo (Erich Waschneck, Deutschland, 1940)

ILCEA, 2015
The Vorbehaltsfilm Die Rothschilds. Aktien auf Waterloo (Erich Waschneck, Deutschland 1940) draws a distortion of historical realities around the rise of the Rothschild family from Frankfurt am Main to financial power all over Europe at the beginning of ...
Johanne Hoppe
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26th Annual African American Living Legends Series - Rev. Alex Toussaint

, 2005
Reverend Alex Toussaint gives the invocation for the 26th Annual African American Living Legends ...
LA County Library
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Torture and scepticism in Papua New Guinea witch hunts Torture et scepticisme dans les chasses aux sorcières en Papouasie‐Nouvelle‐Guinée

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
For over a century, anthropologists have documented the many institutions that exist to respond to witchcraft and the uncanny that it names: oracles that attempt to produce certainty by naming the witch; moots in which grievances are aired; trials in magistrates’ courts that attempt to satisfy the community while preserving the life of the accused ...
Chloe Nahum‐Claudel
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Urban legends and the supernatural in Romanian folklore: a contemporary analysis [PDF]

Diversitate si Identitate Culturala in Europa
This paper explores the persistence and transformation of supernatural entities and motifs from traditional Romanian folklore, particularly those involving devils and ghosts, within a contemporary urban setting. The study argues that these modern legends
Oana-Cătălina VOICHICI
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29th Annual African American Living Legends Series - Táta Vega perfoms

, 2008
Vocalist Táta Vega performs on stage at the 29th Annual African American Living Legends Series ...
LA County Library
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Divine Self‐Placement, Sacred Placemaking: The Virgin of El Rocío and Territorial Custodianship in Early Modern Spain

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
This essay argues that the Rocío hallazgo legend employs divine self‐placement to turn territorial uncertainty into sacred stewardship. The Virgin's miraculous refusal to move establishes the marshlands of Las Rocinas as a communal religious site, transforming a marginal and legally ambiguous area.
Adriano Duque
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Urban river narratives as mediators of urban practices and normative interactions

RUDN journal of Sociology
This article considers the role of urban legends and narratives centered on rivers in shaping urban practices, social interactions and normative regimes.
A. V. Markov, O. A. Shtayn
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25th Annual African American Living Legends Series - Donna McAfee performs

, 2004
Donna McAfee performs for the audience at the 25th Annual African American Living Legends Series ...
LA County Library
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