Christian Demonology and Popular Mythology

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

Av Éva Pócs, Gábor Klaniczay, Gabor Klaniczay, Eva Pocs

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The authors—recognized historians, ethnologists, folklorists coming from four continents—present the latest research findings on the relationship, coexistence and conflicts of popular belief systems, Judeo-Christian mythology and demonology in medieval and modern Europe. The present volume focuses on the divergence between Western and Eastern evolution, on the different relationship of learned demonology to popular belief systems in the two parts of Europe. It discusses the conflict of saints, healers, seers, shamans with the representatives of evil; the special function of escorting, protecting, possessing, harming and healing spirits; the role of the dead, the ghosts, of pre-Christian, Jewish and Christian spirit-world, the antagonism of the devil and the saint.

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Utgivningsdatum2006-10-10
Mått159 x 234 x 23 mm
Vikt562 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor292
FörlagCentral European University Press
ISBN9789637326769

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List of Illustrations Introduction by Gábor Klaniczay and Éva Pócs Part I Learned Demonology, Images of the Devil Benedek Láng, Demons in Krakow, and Image Magic in a Magical Handbook Anna Kuznetsova, "A Wall of Bronze" or Demons versus Saints: Whose Victory? Erzsébet Tatai, An Iconographical Approach to Representations of the Devil in Medieval Hungary György E. Szonyi, Talking With Demons. Early Modern Theories and Practice Éva Szacsvay, Protestant Devil Figures in Hungary Ulrika Wolf-Knuts, The Devil and Birthgiving Part II Exchanges between Elite and Popular Concepts Karen P. Smith, Serpent-damsels and Dragon-slayers: Overlapping Divinities in a Medieval Tradition Wanda Wyporska, Jewish, Noble, German, or Peasant? - The Devil in Early Modern Poland Jonas Liliequist, Sexual Encounters with Spirits and Demons in Early Modern Sweden: Popular and Learned Concepts in Conflict and Interaction Soili-Maria Eklund, Church Demonology and Popular Beliefs in Early Modern Sweden Part III Evil Magic and Demons in East European and Asian Folklore Ilana Rosen, Saintly and Sympathetic Magic in the Lore of the Jews of Carpatho-Russia Between the Two World Wars Monika Kropej, Magic as Reflected in Slovenian Folk Tradition and Popular Healing Today L’upcho S. Risteski, Categories of the “Evil Dead" in Macedonian Folk Religion Anna Plotnikova, Balkan Demons’ Protecting Places Vesna Petreska, Demons of Fate in Macedonian Folk Beliefs Zmago Šmitek, Gog and Magog in the Slovenian Folk Tradition Ágnes Birtalan, Systematization of the Concept of Demonic and Evil in Mongolian Folk Religion

"The focus is limited to central and eastern Europe and Scandinavia. This is quite valuable, insofar as there is no great surplus of scholarship on the topics of magic, witchcraft, and demonology from these lands - certainly not scholarship readily available to western European or North American academics generally limited to English, French, and German. Presenting a number of studies from these eastern (and northern) regions in English is a worthwhile service."