Demons - Meditators Between This World and the Other - Essays on Demonic Beings from the Middle Ages to the Present (Paperback)

This volume presents a chronological series of essays on various demonic traits and traditions handed down from classical antiquity, reinterpreted and systematized in the Middle Ages in Europe, and extending their influences to our present day and culture. The main focus lies on the adaptation and reformulation of specific demonological constellations in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, combining ethnological approaches with concepts of cultural history and their reflection in the arts and in literature. These superhuman and supernatural entities present us with a multitude of forms, figures, and functions - from helpful messengers and mediators to frightful and devilish antagonists of the humans they encounter. As model explanations of that which may not be explained in any other way they offer answers and interpretations of the 'Other' outside humanity as well as inside the human being.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Pub Inc
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Beitrage zur Europaischen Ethnologie und Folklore, Reihe B: Tagungsberichte und Materialien, v. 8
Release date:	May 1998
Editors:	Ruth Petzoldt • Paul D. Neubauer
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	176
ISBN-13:	978-3-631-33190-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Alternative belief systems > Occult studies > Satanism & demonology Books > Religion & Spirituality > Alternative belief systems > Occult studies > Satanism & demonology Promotions
LSN:	3-631-33190-8
Barcode:	9783631331903

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