| Titre | Le chiffre du destin. Le sort des vivants et le sort des morts dans les loteries de l'Europe du Sud | |
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| Auteur | Dominique Blanc | |
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Revue | Etudes rurales |
| Numéro | no 105-106, 1987 Retour des morts | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Le retour des morts Ill - D'une fertile présence |
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| Page | 167-179 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Destiny's Number
Far from being the insignificant game constantly denounced by moralists of all kinds, lotteries arouse eternally renewed passions, especially in Southern Europe. To attempt to understand the stakes of such an infatuation leads one to question the practices and beliefs which accompany the decisive moment of the bet. At this time appear divanatory techniques, the turning to specialists and to intercessors whose common denominator is the opening of a communication to the next world. The numbered messages that come from there underline an essential link between the living and the dead which is established through games of chance. The existence of ritual lotteries during customary times of intense relationships with the deceased is a complementary trait of this exchange between the two worlds that make up the thread of each human destiny. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rural_0014-2182_1987_num_105_1_3188 |
