Narratives and Rituals of the Nightmare Hag in Scandinavian Folk Belief
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| Summary: | XI, 310 p. 14 illus. text |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2020.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2020. |
| Series: | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48919-9 |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
Table of Contents:
- Part I: Why the Nightmare Hag?
- 1. Why the Nightmare Hag? Points of departure
- PART II: Imagining the Nightmare Hag and Warding Her Off
- 2. Imagining of the Nightmare Hag
- 3. Protection Against the Nightmare Hag
- 4. The Nightmare Hag and Magic Thinking
- Part III: Narrating About the Nightmare Hag
- 5. A Model for an Analysis of the Hag Legends
- 6. Analogy Legends
- 7. Curse Legends
- 8. The Man Who Caught the Hag
- 9.The Nightmare Hag: narrative figure, personal experience and explanation of misfortune. Some concluding remarks.