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• - 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.
  
• - A UCLA Folklore Archive site presenting background, origin-stories, production methods, and folktales about duck egg yolk Moon Cakes and their important role in the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival. An illustrated interview with the head chef at a Cantonese Mo
  
• - An article describing Estonian folk-religious customs surrounding baptism, baby naming, and the celebration of name-days.
  
• - 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.
  
• - By Robert Hamill Nassau (1904), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive.
  
• - Article by Kristian Ismail and Gary Griffith on the remnants of paganism in popular christianity.
  
• - A UCLA Folklore Archive site about the Filipino-American folk belief and tradition surrounding Santo Nino, a representation of the Infant Jesus Christ of Prague. A photo gallery depicts Santo Nino altars and celebrations in family homes.
  
• - Appearances of the Virgin at Fatima, religion in the north of Portugal, and origins of selected Portuguese popular saints considered by Ray Vogensen from a non-religious viewpoint.