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Witchcraft, Mythologies and Persecutions - 9789637326875

Un libro in lingua di Klaniczay Gabor (EDT) Pocs Eva (EDT) Csonka-Takacs Eszter (COL) edito da Central European Univ Pr, 2008

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Taking a distinct eastern and central European approach, the contributors of these 15 essays and round-table discussions continue their examination of unresolved themes in witchcraft, including the extended series of evolutions in both belief and practice from the late antique to modern times, the differences between elite and popular versions over time, the formation of mythologies, and the social and judicial nature of prosecution. They focus on mythologies (the witches' sabbath, learned systems and popular narratives of vision and bewitchment, late medieval Balkan mythologies, child witches and their sabbath in Sweden), legal mechanisms and social contexts (water torture, literacy in witch confessions, healing, xenophobia in the courts of Moscow, witchcraft accusations, community conflicts and witchcraft), and witchcraft and folklore (werewolves and witches in Portugal, folklore in Estonian witch trials and witchcraft in eastern Slovenia). Distributed by Books International. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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