title: The Other Faces of Mary: Stories, Devotions, and Pictures of the Holy Virgin from Around the World
author:  Ann Ball 
description: Everyone knows about the famous apparitions of Mary in Medjugorje, Lourdes, and Fatima. But many regions of the world have their own appearances of Mary, including the German Virgin Who Unties Knots, the Queen and Protectress of Nigeria, and the Wheat-bearing Mary of Japan. Ann Ball, one of the most distinctive voices in popular Catholic writing today, beautifully documents and reveals these other faces of Mary with history, personal stories from people around the world, and dozens of interesting and rare photographs.
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  This publication was generously funded by the Royal Swedish Academy of
  Letters, History and Antiquities.
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
  ISBN 978-3-11-034646-6 e-ISBN (PDF)  
  978-3-11-034647-3  
  e-ISBN (EPUB) 978-3-11-038392-8  
  e-ISBN (EPUB) 9783110383928
  
    
  
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  Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data are available on the
  Internet at [ http://dnb.dnb.de ](http://dnb.dnb.de) .
  
  © 2015 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
  
  Cover image: A Jew lays his hands on the coffin to disrupt the Virgin Mary’s
  funeral, whereupon they stick to the bier. Wall-painting by Albertus Pictor,
  1480s; Täby Church, Uppland, Sweden.
  
  Photograph: Jonathan Adams. © The editors.