“The Mark of the beast: revisioning the medieval bestiary in the 20th century”
Vagantes Conference Session 2: Reception, Memory & Identity “The Mark of the beast: revisioning the medieval bestiary in the 20th century” Raina Polivka…
Misconceptions about Beast Fables and Beast Tales, and the Role of the Fox in All of It
The reason why animals represent humans in these stories is because this gives the author a chance to express his or her opinion about certain people or societies. However, there are significant differences between beats tales and beast fables which make it impossible to mistake the one for the other.
Cripping the Middle Ages, Medievalizing Disability Theory
Cripping the Middle Ages, Medievalizing Disability Theory Wheatley, Edward The University of Michigan Press, (2010) Abstract This event shocks modern readers with its calculated…
Anglo-Saxon Magico-Medicine
A mass of folly and credulity?
A catastrophe remembered: a meteorite impact of the fifth century AD in the Abruzzo, central Italy
A catastrophe remembered: a meteorite impact of the fifth century AD in the Abruzzo, central Italy Roberto Santilli, , Jens Ormo, Angelo P. Rossi,…
A King, A Ghost, Two Wives, and the Triumph of Love: Romance, Confession and Penance in Sir Orfeo and The Gast of Gy
A King, A Ghost, Two Wives, and the Triumph of Love: Romance, Confession and Penance in Sir Orfeo and The Gastof Gy Noone, Kristin…
The Irish Fool
This image may be identified easily today as, ‘The Joker,’ who typically finds residence in the common pack of playing cards. Curiously, while elements of this symbol and its legacy play a role that parallels the Fool of Irish tradition, there are distinct differences.
The Destruction of the Fox Preacher: A Reading of the Borders of the York Minster Pilgrimage Window
The Destruction of the Fox Preacher: A Reading of the Borders of the York Minster Pilgrimage Window Pfau, Aleksandra York Medieval Yearbook, ISSUE No.…
Viking atrocity and Skaldic verse: The Rite of the Blood-Eagle
They are committed to career advancement, territorial aggrandizement, and the latest technology; they trade, they farm, and they sculpt stone — whenever they are not carving up conquered enemies according to the Odinic rite of the blood-eagle.
”There be yer figure, but where might yer soul be?” Conceptions Concerning Witches and Blåkulla in Sweden and Finland
”There be yer figure, but where might yer soul be?” Conceptions Concerning Witches and Blåkulla in Sweden and Finland Eilola, Jari MIRATOR ELOKUU/AUGUSTI/AUGUST…
Clerical Magic in Icelandic Folklore
Clerical Magic in Icelandic Folklore By Thomas B. de Mayo The Societas Magica Newsletter, Issue 23 (2010) Introduction: Iceland, which converted to Christianity only…
Magic and Impotence in the Middle Ages
Magic and Impotence in the Middle Ages By Catherine Rider Societas Magica Newsletter, Vol.13 (2004) Introduction: It happened once in Paris that a certain…
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.