Witches, Werewolves, and Fairies

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MYTHOLOGY Otherworldly beings--among them werewolves, witches, and fairies--have figured in our stories and dreams since the Middle Ages. But as Claude Lecouteux shows, their roots reach back to a much older Western European belief system that predates Christianity. Through his study of Germano-Scandinavian myths and legends, as well as those from other areas of Europe, he has uncovered the almost forgotten concept that every individual has three souls, and that one of these souls--the Double--can, in animal or human form, leave the physical body and journey where it chooses. While there were many people during the Middle Ages who experienced this phenomenon involuntarily, there were others--witches--who were able to provoke it at will, thus attracting the persecution of the Church. In a thorough study of the medieval soul, the author reveals eerie and surprising accounts of contact with the Double and otherworldly phenomena, such as second sight and psychic foreknowledge. He shows that far from being fantasy or vague superstition, fairies, witches, and werewolves all attest to an ancient and continuous vision of both our world and the world beyond. CLAUDE LECOUTEUX is a professor of medieval literature and civilization at the Sorbonne. He is the author of nine other books exploring the true nature of medieval beliefs in the afterlife and the supernatural. He lives in Paris.

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Claude Lecouteux is a professor of medieval literature and civilization at the Sorbonne. He is the author of nine other books exploring the true nature of medieval beliefs in the afterlife and the supernatural. He lives in Paris.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Régis Boyer

Acknowledgments

Preface to the 2001 Edition

Preface to the 1996 Edition

Introduction

Part 1: The Soul Outside the Body
1 The Ecstatic Journey
2 Pagan Ecstatics
3 An Unusual Concept of the Soul

Part 2: The Disguises of the Double
4 The Double and Fairies
5 The Double and Witchcraft
6 Metamorphosis: The Double and Werewolves

Part 3: Seeing the Double
7 Autoscopy
8 Shadow, Reflection, and Image

Conclusion

Appendix 1: The Soul and the Double

Appendix 2: Hambel and Vardøjer

Appendix 3: The Trial of the Werewolf

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsjahr:	2003
Genre:	Religion & Theologie
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780892810963
ISBN-10:	0892810963
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Lecouteux, Claude
Auflage:	Original edition
Hersteller:	Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
Maße:	229 x 152 x 22 mm
Von/Mit:	Claude Lecouteux
Erscheinungsdatum:	23.07.2003
Gewicht:	0,378 kg

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