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Autore: | de Blecourt Willem |
Titolo: | Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 6 [[electronic resource] ] : The Twentieth Century |
Pubblicazione: | London, : Continuum International Publishing, 1998 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina: | 133.4 |
Soggetto topico: | Magic -- Europe -- History -- To 1500 |
Magic -- Religious aspects -- Christianity | |
Witchcraft -- Europe -- History -- To 1500 | |
Social Sciences | |
Parapsychology & Occult Sciences | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: | La FontaineJean HuttonRonald |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di contenuto: | CONTENTS; Introduction; PART 1: MODERN PAGAN WITCHCRAFT; Section 1: The Background to Pagan Witchcraft; Section 2: The History of Pagan Witchcraft; PART 2: SATANISM AND SATANIC MYTHOLOGY; Section 1: The History of the Idea of Satan and Satanism; Section 2: Satanism and Pseudo-Satanist Groups; Section 3: Heathenism/Odinism; Section 4: Satanic Abuse Mythology; PART 3: THE WITCH, HER VICTIM, THE UNWITCHER, AND THE RESEARCHER: THE CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF TRADITIONAL WITCHCRAFT; Traces of Bewitchment; Studies of Witchcraft; Types of Witchcraft; The Researcher's Position; Journalists and Folklorists |
Sliedrecht, 1926Folklore Indexes; Legend Repertoires; Gendered Legends; Witchcraft in Court; Sarzbuttel, 1954; The Power of the Unwitcher; Active Bewitchments; The Evil Eye; Mayenne, 1970; Spatial Dimensions; Cultures of Witchcraft; Witchcraft Conflicts; The End of Witchcraft?; Future Research; Bibliography; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Witchcraft continues to play a role in the modern European imagination and in its cultures. This book brings together studies of its most important modern manifestations. The volume includes a major new history of the origins and development of English 'Wicca', an account of satanic abuse mythology in the Twentieth Century and a survey of the continued existence of traditional witchcraft. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 6 |
ISBN: | 1-283-19741-3 |
9786613197412 | |
0-567-39650-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910461067203321 |
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