Tales of Witchcraft and Wonder
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A01=Claude Lecouteux
A01=Corinne Lecouteux
AESOP’S FABLES
AFTERLIFE
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ANCESTRAL VISIONS
ANCIENT EUROPEAN CULTURES
Author_Claude Lecouteux
Author_Corinne Lecouteux
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DEMONIC APPARITIONS
DEMONS
DEVILS
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ESOTERIC
FOLKLORE
GRIMOIRES
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MAGICAL ANIMALS
MAGICAL POWERS
MIDDLE AGES
MIRACLE
OCCULT
OTHER WORLDS
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PAGANISM
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PROTECTIVE CHARMS
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RITUALS
SALOMONS SEAL
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SPELLS
SPIRITS
SUPERNATURAL EVENTS
TALISMANS
VENOMOUS MAIDEN
WITCHCRAFT
WONDEROUS THINGS
Product details
- ISBN 9781644111703
- Weight: 651g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 23 Dec 2021
- Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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A collection of tales from the Middle Ages focused on otherworldly powers, magical animals, miracles, demonic apparitions, and supernatural events
• Offers commentary for each story, revealing its historical context, cultural and esoteric associations, and hidden pagan beliefs
• Explores how the tales transformed over the ages and their origins in Classical Antiquity, the Middle East, and India
• Includes stories never-before-translated from their original Latin and many purposely left in obscurity due to scandalous depictions of popes and other notables
The Middle Ages witnessed the blossoming of oral traditions whose echoes can still be found in many legends, fables, and tales today.
In this collection of medieval tales of witchcraft, wonder, and the supernatural, Claude and Corinne Lecouteux explain how many of these stories arose in Classical Antiquity while some made their way into Dark Ages Europe from the Middle East and India. Offering commentary for each tale, the authors place them in historical context and analyze their cultural and esoteric associations. They include stories never- before-translated from their original Latin or demotic versions and show how, unlike the well-known fairy tales made popular by the Brothers Grimm, many stories were purposely left in obscurity because they presented scandalous depictions of popes and other notables. Additionally, for many of the tales, the authors scrupulously peel back the Christian veneer to show how the stories were instrumental in assuring the survival of age-old pagan beliefs across the centuries.
These beliefs are explored through tales of animals with magical powers and the ability to converse with humans, including the tale of the Grateful Lion made famous through Aesop’s fables; stories of individuals with supernatural or otherworldly powers, like the Venomous Maiden who poisons all men who have relations with her; legends of miracles and wondrous things that violate the laws of nature, such as people returning from the dead to help a descendant; and stories of witchcraft, magic, and demonic apparitions, including the pope who was a disguised demon. The authors also explore tales of supernatural spouses and illicit love affairs, wisdom teachings and parables of fools, and heroic legends.
• Offers commentary for each story, revealing its historical context, cultural and esoteric associations, and hidden pagan beliefs
• Explores how the tales transformed over the ages and their origins in Classical Antiquity, the Middle East, and India
• Includes stories never-before-translated from their original Latin and many purposely left in obscurity due to scandalous depictions of popes and other notables
The Middle Ages witnessed the blossoming of oral traditions whose echoes can still be found in many legends, fables, and tales today.
In this collection of medieval tales of witchcraft, wonder, and the supernatural, Claude and Corinne Lecouteux explain how many of these stories arose in Classical Antiquity while some made their way into Dark Ages Europe from the Middle East and India. Offering commentary for each tale, the authors place them in historical context and analyze their cultural and esoteric associations. They include stories never- before-translated from their original Latin or demotic versions and show how, unlike the well-known fairy tales made popular by the Brothers Grimm, many stories were purposely left in obscurity because they presented scandalous depictions of popes and other notables. Additionally, for many of the tales, the authors scrupulously peel back the Christian veneer to show how the stories were instrumental in assuring the survival of age-old pagan beliefs across the centuries.
These beliefs are explored through tales of animals with magical powers and the ability to converse with humans, including the tale of the Grateful Lion made famous through Aesop’s fables; stories of individuals with supernatural or otherworldly powers, like the Venomous Maiden who poisons all men who have relations with her; legends of miracles and wondrous things that violate the laws of nature, such as people returning from the dead to help a descendant; and stories of witchcraft, magic, and demonic apparitions, including the pope who was a disguised demon. The authors also explore tales of supernatural spouses and illicit love affairs, wisdom teachings and parables of fools, and heroic legends.
Claude Lecouteux is a professor emeritus of medieval literature and civilization at the Sorbonne. He is the author of numerous books on medieval beliefs and magic, including The Pagan Book of the Dead and Dictionary of Ancient Magic Words and Spells. Corinne Lecouteux is a translator specializing in tales and legends. They live in Paris.
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