Christian Demonology and Popular Mythology (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789637326769)

The authors--recognized historians, ethnologists, folklorists coming from four continents--present the latest research findings on the relationship, coexistence and conflicts of popular belief systems, Judeo-Christian mythology and demonology in medieval and modern Europe.

The present volume focuses on the divergence between Western and Eastern evolution, on the different relationship of learned demonology to popular belief systems in the two parts of Europe. It discusses the conflict of saints, healers, seers, shamans with the representatives of evil; the special function of escorting, protecting, possessing, harming and healing spirits; the role of the dead, the ghosts, of pre-Christian, Jewish and Christian spirit-world, the antagonism of the devil and the saint.

Author: G畸or Klaniczay
ISBN-10: 9637326766
ISBN-13: 9789637326769
Publisher: Central European University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2007
Pages: 292
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.40w x 0.88d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2007 pg. 26