Lazarillo de Tormes and the Medieval Frametale Tradition
Lazarillo de Tormes and the Medieval Frametale Tradition Pyeatt, Anna Coons Dissertation, (University of Texas – Austin), December (2005) Abstract Sixteenth-century Spain witnessed with…
WITCHES IN BALTIC FAIRY TALES
WITCHES IN BALTIC FAIRY TALES Gliwa, Bernd Onomasiology Online 4 (2003) Abstract The following article discusses names for witches in Lithuanian and Latvian…
Toward a Theory of Pre-industrial European Folk Ritual: The Case of Polish Wigilia
This study seeks to examine the popular customs of preindustrial Poland, in particular the festal food customs of the Wigilia supper, the primary ritual of the winter (Christmas) season.
Pagan Survivals, Superstitions and Popular Cultures in Early Medieval Pastoral Literature
Pagan Survivals, Superstitions and Popular Cultures in Early Medieval Pastoral Literature By Bernadette Filotas Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2005 ISBN: 978–0–88844–151–5 This…
The Inscription of Charms in Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts
The Inscription of Charms in Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts By Lea Olsan Oral Tradition, Volume 14, Number 2 (1999) Introduction: Anglo-Saxon charms constitute a definable oral…
The meanings of elf and elves in medieval England
The meanings of elf and elves in medieval England By Alaric Hall PhD Dissertation, University of Glasgow, 2004 Abstract: This thesis investigates the…
`The Evil Eye’ in early Irish literature and law
`The Evil Eye’ in early Irish literature and law By Jacqueline Borsje and Fergus Kelly Celtica, Vol. 24 (2003) Introduction: The belief that…
Of Lions and Foxes: Power and Rule in Hebrew Medieval Fables
Of Lions and Foxes: Power and Rule in Hebrew Medieval Fables Refael-Vivante, Revital (Bar-Ilan University, Israel) Revista Paz y Conflictos, número 2 año 2009…
Sheep and goats in Norse paganism
At Odin’s Valhalla the well-known goat Heidrun eats leaves, and clear mead fl ows from her udder into the beakers of the warriors.
Homo viator et narrans judaicus – Medieval Jewish Voices in the European Narrative of the Wandering Jew
Homo viator et narrans judaicus – Medieval Jewish Voices in the European Narrative of the Wandering Jew Hasan-Rokem, Galit The Nahum Goldmann Fellowship…
A charm for staunching blood
I hinder the blood through a man’s point (of a weapon).
I let go (or: I destroy) the flowing, I hinder the blood,
the stream of pain, the swift, sad storm.
I hinder the blood, I slay the disease.’
Witchcraft and Women in Medieval Christianity
Witches and vampires draw much attention on Halloween day, in the Harry Potter novels, and in vampire movies. Whether or not they believe in them in a religious sense, many people nowadays simply assume that sort of world and witchcraft might exist somewhere
Thor’s hammer in Norway. A symbol of reaction against the Christian cross?
In my main project, I will try to trace the chronology of the conversion to Christianity of people in southern Norway on the basis of different types of archaeological material. The Thor’s hammer is an interesting type of object in this context, because it has normally been interpreted as a reaction against the Christian cross.
Hamhleypur in fiorskfirdinga saga: a postclassical ironisation of myth?
Hamhleypur in fiorskfirdinga saga: a postclassical ironisation of myth? By Phil Cardew Paper given at the 11th International Saga Conference (2000) Introduction: The notion of…
Myth and Religion in the Poetry of a Reluctant Convert
Myth and Religion in the Poetry of a Reluctant Convert By Diana Whaley Paper given at the 11th International Saga Conference (2000) Introduction: Great exceptions…
Witches and «bitches»: genderised laughter in medieval comic tales
During this period, it is possible to differentiate two kinds of witches, in the geographical context of England and Continental Europe: the English popular archetypal witch; and the Continental demonic witch.
Repentant soul or walking corpse? Debatable apparitions in Medieval England
This paper examines two sets of medieval English narratives describing encounters with ghosts, those by William of Newburgh and those in a manuscript from Byland Abbey
From Greek myth to medieval witches: infertile women as monstrous and evil
From Greek myth to medieval witches: infertile women as monstrous and evil McGuire, Linda Interdisciplinary.net Abstract In 1484, Pope Innocent VIII issued a…
Law and the (Un)dead: medieval models for understanding the hauntings in Eyrbyggja saga
Eyrbyggja saga alone, then, presents modern readers with at least three possible conceptions of the revenantÂ’s nature.
The Fathers of the Church and the Evil Eye
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how difficult even the most highly educated and sophisticated Christians of the late fourth and early fifth centuries found it to rid themselves of the idea that envy lends a malign power to men’s eyes.
The Krakus’ and Wanda’s Burial Mounds of Cracow
The Krakus’ and Wanda’s Burial Mounds of Cracow By Leszek Pawel Slupecki Studia Mythologica Slavica vol.2 (1999) Abstract: The author presents the Krakus’…
Bloody Slaughter: Ritual Decapitation and Display At the Viking Settlement of Hofstaðir, Iceland
This article attempts an interpretation of an unusual assemblage of cattle skulls recovered from recent excavations at the Viking Age monumental hall of Hofstaðir in Iceland.
Saga and East Scandinavia: Preprint papers of The 14th International Saga Conference
Saga and East Scandinavia: Preprint papers of The 14th International Saga Conference Edited by Agneta Ney, Henrik Williams and Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist Gävle:…