Fairies, demons, and nature spirits : 'Small Gods' at the margins of Christendom / / edited by Michael Ostling |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (369 pages) |
Disciplina | 133.4/3094 |
Altri autori (Persone) | OstlingMichael |
Collana | Palgrave historical studies in witchcraft and magic |
Soggetto topico |
Witchcraft - Europe - History
Magic - Europe |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
9781137585202
113758520X 1137585196 9781137585196 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction: Where've all the Good People Gone?; Michael Ostling.- Part I: Demonization and its Discontents.- 2. The Threat of Headless Beings: Constructing the Demonic in Christian Egypt; David Frankfurter -- 3. Secrets of the Síd: The Supernatural in Medieval Irish Texts; Lisa Bitel.- 4. The Good, the Bad, and the Unholy: Ambivalent Angels in the Middle Ages; Coree Newman.- 5. Between Fallen Angels and Nature Spirits: Russian Demonology of the Early Modern Period; Dmitriy Antonov.- 6. Crisis at the Border: Amazonian Relations with Spirits and Others; Artionka Capiberibe.- Part II: Enlightenment and Its Ambiguities.- 7. Between Humans and Angels: Scientific Uses for Fairies in Early Modern Scotland; Julian Goodare.- 8. The Álfar, the Clerics, and the Enlightenment: Conceptions of the Supernatural in the Age of Reason in Iceland; Terry Gunnell -- 9. The Devil and the Spirit World In Nineteenth-Century Estonia: From Christianization to Folklorization; Ülo Valk.- 10. Dreaming of Snakes in Contemporary Zambia: Small Gods and the Secular; Johanneke Kroesbergen-Kamps.- Part III: Remnants, Relocations, and Re-Enchantments.- 11. Small Gods, Small Demons. Remnants of an Archaic fairy Cult in Central and South-Eastern Europe; Éva Pócs.- 12. Who Owns the World? Recognizing the Repressed Small Gods of Southeast Asia; Lorraine V. Aragon.- 13. Spirits, Christians and Capitalists in the Rainforests of Papua New Guinea; Michael Wood.- 14. "Reconnecting to Everything:" Fairies in Contemporary Paganism; Sabina Magliocco.- 15. Afterword; Ronald Hutton. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299800403321 |
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The realities of witchcraft and popular magic in early modern Europe : culture, cognition, and everyday life / / Edward Bever |
Autore | Bever Edward |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2008] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina |
133.4/3094
133.43094 |
Collana | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic |
Soggetto topico |
Witchcraft - Europe - History
Magic - Europe - History |
ISBN |
1-282-05026-5
9786612050268 0-230-58211-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The varieties of maleficium -- Maleficium and society -- The devil in the Duchy of Wurttemberg -- Witch dances and witch salves -- Sorcery, satanism, and shamanism -- Divination and prophesy -- Beneficent manipulative magic -- Magic and society. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782804103321 |
Bever Edward
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New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2008] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The realities of witchcraft and popular magic in early modern Europe : culture, cognition, and everyday life / / Edward Bever |
Autore | Bever Edward |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2008] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina |
133.4/3094
133.43094 |
Collana | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic |
Soggetto topico |
Witchcraft - Europe - History
Magic - Europe - History |
ISBN |
1-282-05026-5
9786612050268 0-230-58211-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The varieties of maleficium -- Maleficium and society -- The devil in the Duchy of Wurttemberg -- Witch dances and witch salves -- Sorcery, satanism, and shamanism -- Divination and prophesy -- Beneficent manipulative magic -- Magic and society. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813707003321 |
Bever Edward
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New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2008] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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