Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 6 [[electronic resource] ] : The Twentieth Century
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| Autore: |
de Blecourt Willem
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| Titolo: |
Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 6 [[electronic resource] ] : The Twentieth Century
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| 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 | |
| Altri autori: |
La FontaineJean
HuttonRonald
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| 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.: | 9910789516203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
History of Witchcraft and Magic in Europe