Mudcat Café message #3133561

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Thread #137068 Message #3133561
Posted By: Jack Campin
12-Apr-11 - 06:23 AM
Thread Name: BS: CapriUni's blog: disability in folktales
Subject: RE: BS: CapriUni's blog: disability in folktales

It's common for shamans and other people acting as intermediaries to the spirit world to be disabled. Carlo Ginzburg's "Ecstasies" has something on this.