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	Fetichism in West Africa URL: http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/fiwa/ ODP description: By Robert Hamill Nassau (1904), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive. Page title: Fetichism in West Africa Index Page description: Fetichism in West Africa, by R.H. Nassau, at sacred-texts.com
	Exorcism by Rabbis: Talmud Sages and Their Magic URL: http://faculty.biu.ac.il/~barilm/exorcism.html ODP description: An article by Meir Bar-Ilan centering on the Jewish sages of the Mishnah and Talmud who dealt with magic in the religious context of their times; demonstrates survivals of this ancient phenomenon in contemporary Israeli and Palestinian religious folklore. Page title: Exorcism by Rabbis Page description: Exorcism by Rabbis
	Islamic Resurgence and the Belief System of Rural Malays URL: http://www.abo.fi/comprel/temenos/temeno32/larsen.htm ODP description: A lengthy scholarly article by Anne Katherine Larsen that identifies and discusses traditional folkloric "extra-religious beliefs" and customs that reside beneath, and sometimes conflict with, the ostensibly Islamic Malay culture. Page title: The Impact of the Islamic Resurgence on the Belief System of Rural Malays
	Holy Wells URL: http://www.geocities.com/jamesrattue/wells_home.html ODP description: Introduction to holy wells mostly in the UK, with photographs and descriptions. Page title: wells_home
	The Significance of Baptism in Estonian Folk Belief URL: http://folklore.ee/folklore/vol5/ylorist1.htm ODP description: An article describing Estonian folk-religious customs surrounding baptism, baby naming, and the celebration of name-days.

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