Bloodsucking Witchcraft
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Bloodsucking Witchcraft
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Author : Hugo G. Nutini
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 1993-04
Bloodsucking Witchcraft written by Hugo G. Nutini and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-04 with Social Science categories.
In the rural areas of south-central Mexico, there are believed to be witches who transform themselves into animals in order to suck the blood from the necks of sleeping infants. This book analyzes beliefs held by the great majority of the population of rural Tlaxcala a generation ago and chronicles its drastic transformation since then. "The most comprehensive statement on this centrally important ethnographic phenomenon in the last forty years. It bears ready comparison with the two great classics, Evans-Pritchard's Witchcraft Among the Azande and Clyde Kluckhohn's Navaho Witchcraft."ÑHenry H. Selby
Woodcutters And Witchcraft
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Author : Mark W. Risjord
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 2000-03-09
Woodcutters And Witchcraft written by Mark W. Risjord and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-03-09 with Social Science categories.
Uncovers the methodological principles that govern interpretive change.
The Oxford Handbook Of Witchcraft In Early Modern Europe And Colonial America
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Author : Brian P. Levack
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2013-03-28
The Oxford Handbook Of Witchcraft In Early Modern Europe And Colonial America written by Brian P. Levack and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-28 with History categories.
The essays in this Handbook, written by leading scholars working in the rapidly developing field of witchcraft studies, explore the historical literature regarding witch beliefs and witch trials in Europe and colonial America between the early fifteenth and early eighteenth centuries. During these years witches were thought to be evil people who used magical power to inflict physical harm or misfortune on their neighbours. Witches were also believed to have made pacts with the devil and sometimes to have worshipped him at nocturnal assemblies known as sabbaths. These beliefs provided the basis for defining witchcraft as a secular and ecclesiastical crime and prosecuting tens of thousands of women and men for this offence. The trials resulted in as many as fifty thousand executions. These essays study the rise and fall of witchcraft prosecutions in the various kingdoms and territories of Europe and in English, Spanish, and Portuguese colonies in the Americas. They also relate these prosecutions to the Catholic and Protestant reformations, the introduction of new forms of criminal procedure, medical and scientific thought, the process of state-building, profound social and economic change, early modern patterns of gender relations, and the wave of demonic possessions that occurred in Europe at the same time. The essays survey the current state of knowledge in the field, explore the academic controversies that have arisen regarding witch beliefs and witch trials, propose new ways of studying the subject, and identify areas for future research.
In The Vortex Of Violence
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Author : Gema Kloppe-Santamaría
language : en
Publisher: University of California Press
Release Date : 2020-08-18
In The Vortex Of Violence written by Gema Kloppe-Santamaría and has been published by University of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-18 with History categories.
In the Vortex of Violence examines the uncharted history of lynching in post-revolutionary Mexico. Based on a collection of previously untapped sources, the book examines why lynching became a persistent practice during a period otherwise characterized by political stability and decreasing levels of violence. It explores how state formation processes, as well as religion, perceptions of crime, and mythical beliefs, contributed to shaping people’s understanding of lynching as a legitimate form of justice. Extending the history of lynching beyond the United States, this book offers key insights into the cultural, historical, and political reasons behind the violent phenomenon and its continued practice in Latin America today.
The Witch
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Author : Ronald Hutton
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2017-01-01
The Witch written by Ronald Hutton and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-01 with History categories.
This book sets the notorious European witch trials in the widest and deepest possible perspective and traces the major historiographical developments of witchcraft
Vampire History And Lore
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Author : Stuart A. Kallen
language : en
Publisher: Capstone
Release Date : 2011
Vampire History And Lore written by Stuart A. Kallen and has been published by Capstone this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Vampires categories.
Throughout history vampires have been viewed as hideously repellant, strikingly attractive, dangerously evil, and piteously gloomy. This title explores vampire beliefs from the blood sucking beasts of ancient times to the immortal teen heartthrobs of the twenty-first century.
Sorcery In Mesoamerica
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Author : Jeremy D. Coltman
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Release Date : 2020-12-16
Sorcery In Mesoamerica written by Jeremy D. Coltman and has been published by University Press of Colorado this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-16 with Social Science categories.
Approaching sorcery as highly rational and rooted in significant social and cultural values, Sorcery in Mesoamerica examines and reconstructs the original indigenous logic behind it, analyzing manifestations from the Classic Maya to the ethnographic present. While the topic of sorcery and witchcraft in anthropology is well developed in other areas of the world, it has received little academic attention in Mexico and Central America until now. In each chapter, preeminent scholars of ritual and belief ask very different questions about what exactly sorcery is in Mesoamerica. Contributors consider linguistic and visual aspects of sorcery and witchcraft, such as the terminology in Aztec semantics and dictionaries of the Kaqchiquel and K’iche’ Maya. Others explore the practice of sorcery and witchcraft, including the incorporation by indigenous sorcerers in the Mexican highlands of European perspectives and practices into their belief system. Contributors also examine specific deities, entities, and phenomena, such as the pantheistic Nahua spirit entities called forth to assist healers and rain makers, the categorization of Classic Maya Wahy (“co-essence”) beings, the cult of the Aztec goddess Cihuacoatl, and the recurring relationship between female genitalia and the magical conjuring of a centipede throughout Mesoamerica. Placing the Mesoamerican people in a human context—as engaged in a rational and logical system of behavior—Sorcery inMesoamerica is the first comprehensive study of the subject and an invaluable resource for students and scholars of Mesoamerican culture and religion. Contributors: Lilián González Chévez, John F. Chuchiak IV, Jeremy D. Coltman, Roberto Martínez González, Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos, Cecelia F. Klein, Timothy J. Knab, John Monaghan, Jesper Nielsen, John M. D. Pohl, Alan R. Sandstrom, Pamela Effrein Sandstrom, David Stuart
The Myth And Mystery Of Ufos
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Author : Thomas E. Bullard
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2016-10-17
The Myth And Mystery Of Ufos written by Thomas E. Bullard and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-17 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
When United Airlines workers reported a UFO at O'Hare Airport in November 2006, it was met with the typical denials and hush-up that usually accompany such sightings. But when a related story broke the record for hits at the Chicago Tribune's website, it was clear that such unexplained objects continued to occupy the minds of fascinated readers. Why, wonders Thomas Bullard, don't such persistent sightings command more urgent attention from scientists, scholars, and mainstream journalists? The answer, in part, lies in Bullard's wide-ranging magisterial survey of the mysterious, frustrating, and ever-evolving phenomenon that refuses to go away and our collective efforts to understand it. In his trailblazing book, Bullard views those efforts through the lens of mythmaking, discovering what UFO accounts tell us about ourselves, our beliefs, and the possibility of visitors from beyond. Bullard shows how ongoing grassroots interest in UFOs stems both from actual personal experiences and from a cultural mythology that defines such encounters as somehow "alien"-and how it views relentless official denial as a part of conspiracy to hide the truth. He also describes how UFOs have catalyzed the evolution of a new but highly fractured belief system that borrows heavily from the human past and mythic themes and which UFO witnesses and researchers use to make sense of such phenomena and our place in the cosmos. Bullard's book takes in the whole spectrum of speculations on alien visitations and abductions, magically advanced technologies, governmental conspiracies, varieties of religious salvation, apocalyptic fears, and other paranormal experiences. Along the way, Bullard investigates how UFOs have inspired books, movies, and television series; blurred the boundaries between science, science fiction, and religion; and crowded the Internet with websites and discussion groups. From the patches of this crazy quilt, he posits evidence that a genuine phenomenon seems to exist outside the myth. Enormously erudite and endlessly engaging, Bullard's study is a sky watcher's guide to the studies, stories, and debates that this elusive subject has inspired. It shows that, despite all the competing interests and errors clouding the subject, there is substance beneath the clutter, a genuinely mysterious phenomenon that deserves attention as more than a myth.
Time And The Ancestors
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Author : Maarten Jansen
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2017-03-13
Time And The Ancestors written by Maarten Jansen and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-13 with History categories.
Time and the Ancestors: Aztec and Mixtec Ritual Art combines iconographical analysis with archaeological, historical and ethnographic studies and offers new interpretations of enigmatic masterpieces from ancient Mexico, focusing specifically on the symbols and values of the religious heritage of indigenous peoples.
International Encyclopaedia Of Tribal Religion Witchcraft And Sorcery In Tribal Societies
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
International Encyclopaedia Of Tribal Religion Witchcraft And Sorcery In Tribal Societies written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Mythology categories.