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1. link.springer.com › chapter › 10Shamanism or Witchcraft? The Táltos Before the Tribunals

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   Nov 30, 2017 · Contrary to the táltos in twentieth-century legends , usually in the role of ‘weather sorcerer ’ or ‘battling’ for the weather and—less often—as ‘treasure seer’ or fortune-teller, the táltos in witch trials primarily carry out treasure-seeing and healing activities.

   • Author: Éva Pócs
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2. real.mtak.hu › 86677/1/022The Hungarian Táltos and the Shamanism of Pagan Hungarians ...

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   contemporary beliefs about the táltos: born with teeth, táltos children dying at the age of seven, notions of battle, the practice of seeing buried treasure, and even the folktale motif of the táltos horse.

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › TáltosTáltos - Wikipedia

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   She replied: the táltos cures, sees buried treasures with the naked eye, and "the táltos are fighting for Hungary in heaven". There is a common belief that St. Stephen has persecuted the táltos during Christianisation of Hungary, but this is not linked to any fact.

4. eng.polgariszemle.hu › archive › 148-vol-14-specialTáltos, Witch, Incubus, Succubus and Other Beings in ...

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   Regarding the scholar’s faculties and activities, part of the data refer to general knowledge, while another part to specific skills, for example, healing, seeing treasures hidden in the ground, lost objects and persons, or fortune telling.

5. academic.oup.com › edited-volume › 43182Magic in Hungary: Verbal Charms, Benedictions, and Exorcisms

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   Jun 21, 2022 · The male or female táltos is shown with positive attributes as his main functions in the early modern and modern periods were treasure-finding and healing (finding things hidden from humans, such as diseases). Their main characteristic is that they are born with certain special attributes (e.g., with teeth or in a sac) and possess the gift of ...

6. link.springer.com › chapter › 10Healers in Hungarian Witch Trials - SpringerLink

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   Nov 30, 2017 · The táltos, for instance, beside fighting for fertility (vagdalkozás) or ‘treasure seeing’ 183 also occasionally undertook healing tasks; the midwives, beside completing tasks related to childbirth , were also part-time healers, and were often involved—as was, for example, Klára Bóci 184 —in love

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   Did táltos practice treasure seeing?

   • Allusion to battling for the empire or against German táltos in two further trials mostly involved táltos as practicing treasure seeing: the cases of Mrs. Bartha, née Erzsébet Balási and Mrs. Mihály Szaniszlai (10, 28) lack any subjective element.

   Shamanism or Witchcraft? The Táltos Before the Tribunals

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   What do táltos do in witch trials?

   • Contrary to the táltos in twentieth-century legends , usually in the role of ‘weather sorcerer ’ or ‘battling’ for the weather and—less often—as ‘treasure seer’ or fortune-teller, the táltos in witch trials primarily carry out treasure-seeing and healing activities.

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   How did treasure seer táltos work?

   • The ‘real’ treasure seer táltos on the Hungarian Great Plain, according to data, worked with steel mirrors (one source mentions a magic stick), but they also applied the technique of fingernail gazing or of smearing poppy oil on their eyelids.

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   Is healing a táltos profession?

   • Nonetheless, in some of the trials, healing is also considered as a par excellence táltos profession; and other healing women claimed to be táltos without having any special táltos attributes.

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   Did táltos see money?

   • The táltos identity of several of those who saw themselves as táltos was founded upon their ability to see money. It can be concluded from the data recorded in the eighteenth-century Great Plain region, for instance in Debrecen , that both the alleged or real money-seeing táltos could have enjoyed some sort of public prestige.

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   What did táltos do on trial?

   • People conversed about and with the táltos on trial: they asked them about their activities and they always answered willingly, volunteering that their primary activity was battling ( vagdalkozás, which means slashing) “in the sky”. Clearly, this was in the centre of their táltos activities:

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8. www.academia.edu › 120379068 › PÓCS_É_Faith_andPÓCS É. Faith and Doubt ... in the Practice of the Táltos

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   In Debrecen and its environs, the most important role of táltos appears to have been “seeing”, finding or digging up treasure.