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Americana

This page includes texts relating to uniquely American expressions of belief, as well as folklore and superstition.


African-American

Drums and Shadows Georgia Writer's Project; Work Projects Administration, Mary Granger supervisor [1940, copyright not renewed]
Coastal Georgia folklore from the 1930s and connections to African spiritual practices.

Pennsylvania Folk-Magic

Pow-wows; or Long Lost Friend by George Hohman. [1820]
This is a small book about folk-magic and healing by a early nineteenth Century Pennsylvania Dutch practitioner of 'Pow-wow'.

Folk-Lore of the Pennsylvania Germans, by W. J. Hoffman [1888-9]
This is a two-part article from the Journal of American Folk-lore which covers a miscelleous range of folklore items from 19th Century rural Pennsylvania, including folk-magic, home remedies, superstitions and the supernatural.

The Realness of Witchcraft in America By A. Monroe Aurand, Jr. [1942, copyright not renewed]
This is a little pamphlet about
Pennsylvania witchcraft.

Early Life of the Pennsylvania Germans By A. Monroe Aurand, Jr. [194?, copyright not renewed]
This gives some historical background on the early Pennsylvania Germans, including details of their religious composition.


The Shakers
The Shakers, who fled persecution in
England to flourish in America, are a unique branch of Christianity with a feminist twist. Known for their handicrafts, the Shakers declined in the twentieth century due to their vows of celibacy and the impact of modernism.

The Mormons
The Mormons are the largest world religion indigenous to
America; their revealed scripture is set in an ancient New World setting.

Native America
Sacred-texts has extensive material on the religions of the Native Americans.