Athlone History of Witchcraft and Magic in Europe

Frederick H. Cryer, Marie-Louise Thomsen (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

190 Seiten

2001
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. (Verlag)
978-0-485-89101-0 (ISBN)

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Here the oldest roots of European concepts of witchcraft and magic are surveyed, examining magical incantations and rituals against witchcraft in Mesopotamia, attitudes to it in the Old Testament and later Jewish tradition, and beliefs and legends in pre-Christian Scandinavia.

The oldest roots of the European concepts of witchcraft and magic lie in the Hebrew and other cultures of the ancient Near East and in the Celtic, Nordic and Germanic Societies of the North and West. The authors of this volume survey three crucial aspects of this earliest phase of development. These are the role of magical incantations and rituals against witchcraft in Mesopotamia in the last three millennia BC, the attitudes to witchcraft and magic in the Old Testament and in later Jewish tradition, and the beliefs and legends associated with trolldomor (witchcraft) in pre-Christian Scandanavia.

Reihe/Serie	The Athlone history of witchcraft & magic in Europe ; Vol 1
Zusatzinfo	black & white illustrations
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	275 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
ISBN-10	0-485-89101-8 / 0485891018
ISBN-13	978-0-485-89101-0 / 9780485891010
Zustand	Neuware