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Narratives and Rituals of the Nightmare Hag in Scandinavian Folk Belief (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
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Narratives and Rituals of the Nightmare Hag in Scandinavian Folk Belief (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
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This books explores varying conceptions of the Nightmare hag, mara,
in Scandinavian folk belief. What began as observations of some
startling narratives preserved in folklore archives where sex,
violence and curses are recurring themes gradually led to questions
as to how rural people envisaged good and evil, illness and health,
and cause and effect. At closer reading, narratives about the mara
character involve existential themes, as well as comments on gender
and social hierarchy. This monograph analyses how this female
creature was conceived of in oral literature and everyday ritual
practice in pre-industrial Scandinavia, and what role she played in
a larger pattern of belief in witchcraft and magic.
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