{"id":19984,"date":"2019-02-01T01:10:22","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T06:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=20247"},"modified":"2019-01-17T14:35:32","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T19:35:32","slug":"book-review-dictionary-of-gypsy-mythology-by-claude-lecouteux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2019\/02\/01\/book-review-dictionary-of-gypsy-mythology-by-claude-lecouteux\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review – Dictionary of Gypsy Mythology by Claude Lecouteux"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Book Review<\/strong>
Dictionary of Gypsy Mythology<\/strong>
By Claude Lecouteux<\/strong><\/em>
Publisher Inner Traditions<\/strong><\/em>
Length 183 pages<\/strong><\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019ll\nbe the first one to admit that I don\u2019t know anything at all about\nthe Roma, so I found the book interesting. There are several sources\nthat Mr. Lecouteux quotes. His primary source is Heinrich Albert von\nWlislocki (1856-1907).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nauthor states that there are 15 different gypsy languages, he has\ntried to remain faithful to everything as it appears in the source\ntext. He also tells whether the words are feminine, masculine,\nplural, or singular. And he is very faithful in the way he listed the\nsource text from which he gathers his information. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One\nof the first entries is for Adam and Eve pg. 16 (Damo and Yehwah is\nthe way he has it listed in the book), I did not realize that in both\nthe Rama and Jewish traditions that Adams first wife was Lilith. \n(But Eve\u2019s name should not be confused with the Yahweh the name of\nGod, spelled differently but pronounced the same way.) Each entry\ninto this book is interesting; there are pictures, sigils, and in\nsome entries little hand drawings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\nare four texts at the end of the book, one is on The Great Flood, the\nnext is The White Hind, next is The Mountain of Cats, and the last\none is the Bride of Phuvu\u0161. I had never heard the stories before,\nso reading them for the first time was interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reading\nthis book, I have gained a lot of insight into the mythology of the\nRoma. I feel that this book is written with a lot of respect for the\ntradition, and the people of the Roma society. I learned a lot that\nI didn\u2019t know; it also sparked my interest into more of the\nmythology of the Roma. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m\nalso inspired to start checking out more of Claude Lecouteux\u2019s\nbooks. This being the second book of his I have read, he writes like\na professor. At times a little dry, but always interested. If you\nwant to know more about the Roma mythology, I would suggest this\nbook, the Dictionary Of Gypsy Mythology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dictionary of Gypsy Mythology: Charms, Rites, and Magical Traditions of the Roma on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About\nthe Author:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dawn\nBorries<\/strong> loves\nreading and was thrilled to become a Reviewer for PaganPages.Org.\nDawn, also, has been doing Tarot and Numerology readings for the past\n25 years. Dawn does readings on her Facebook page.  If you are\ninterested in a reading you can reach her at: Readings\nby Dawn<\/a> on Facebook at<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Readings-by-Dawn-1608860142735781\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Book Review Dictionary of Gypsy Mythology By Claude Lecouteux Publisher Inner Traditions Length 183 pages I\u2019ll be the first one to admit that I don\u2019t know anything at all about the Roma, so I found the book interesting. There are several sources that Mr. Lecouteux quotes. His primary source is Heinrich Albert von Wlislocki (1856-1907). The author states that there are 15 different gypsy languages, he has tried to remain faithful to everything as it appears in the source text. He also tells whether the words are feminine, masculine, plural, or singular. And he is very faithful in the way he listed the source text from which he gathers his information. One of the first entries is for Adam and Eve pg. 16 (Damo and Yehwah is the way he has it listed in the book), I did not realize that in both the Rama and Jewish traditions that Adams first wife was Lilith. (But Eve\u2019s name should not be confused with the Yahweh the name of God, spelled differently but pronounced the same way.) Each entry into this book is interesting; there are pictures, sigils, and in some entries little hand drawings. There are four texts at the end of the book, one is on The Great Flood, the next is The White Hind, next is The Mountain of Cats, and the last one is the Bride of Phuvu\u0161. I had never heard the stories before, so reading them for the first time was interesting. Reading this book, I have gained a lot of insight into the mythology of the Roma. I feel that this book is written with a lot of respect for the tradition, and the people of the Roma society. I learned a lot that I didn\u2019t know; it also sparked my interest into more of the mythology of the Roma. I\u2019m also inspired to start checking out more of Claude Lecouteux\u2019s books. This being the second book of his I have read, he writes like a professor. At times a little dry, but always interested. If you want to know more about the Roma mythology, I would suggest this book, the Dictionary Of Gypsy Mythology. Dictionary of Gypsy Mythology: Charms, Rites, and Magical Traditions of the Roma on Amazon *** About the Author: Dawn Borries loves reading and was thrilled to become a Reviewer for PaganPages.Org. Dawn, also, has been doing Tarot and Numerology readings for the past 25 years. Dawn does readings on her Facebook page.  If you are interested in a reading you can reach her at: Readings by Dawn on Facebook at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":231,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/231"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19984\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}