Demons and Spirits of the Land | Taschenbuch

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Beschreibung

An exploration of the wild spirits that once roamed the lands and inhabited the waters and the pagan rites used to gain their good will.

Über den Autor

Claude Lecouteux is a former professor of medieval literature and civilization at the Sorbonne. He is the author of numerous books on medieval and pagan afterlife beliefs and magic, including The Book of Grimoires, Dictionary of Ancient Magic Words and Spells, and The Tradition of Household Spirits. He lives in Paris.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Régis Boyer

Introduction: We Dwell in a Haunted Place

Part One

A Haunted Universe

1 Unusual Manifestations

2 The First Inhabitants of the Earth

3 Demons and Fallen Angels

4 Cult Remnants

5 The Local Land Spirits

6 The Underside of Idolatry

7 The Evidence of Place-Names

8 Silvanus and Company

9 The Metamorphoses of Spirits

10 A Provisional Assessment

Part Two

Conquering and Defending the Land

11 Encountering the Spirits of the Local Land

12 Taking Possession of a Piece of Land

13 Circumambulation: Appropriation, Expropriation, and Protection Rites

14 Boundaries and Their Markers

15 The Enclosed Space Is Sacred

16 The Contract with the Spirits

17 The Circular and the Rectangular: A Hypothesis

18 The Conquest of the Space

Part Three

Survivals and Transformations

19 Waters, Springs, and Fountains

20 The Forest

21 The Mountain and Its Spirits

22 The Problem of Parédrie

23 A Composite Site: The Dwelling of Grendel and His Mother

24 The Moor

25 The Hybridization of Myths

26 The Return of the Place Spirits

Afterword

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2015
Fachbereich:	Grenzwissenschaften
Genre:	Importe
Produktart:	Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik:	Esoterik & Anthroposophie
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781620553992
ISBN-10:	1620553996
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Lecouteux, Claude
Hersteller:	Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	228 x 154 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Claude Lecouteux
Erscheinungsdatum:	20.07.2015
Gewicht:	0,367 kg