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Pagan Channel Islands

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Author : S. V. Peddle
language : en
Publisher: Robert Hale
Release Date : 2007

Pagan Channel Islands written by S. V. Peddle and has been published by Robert Hale this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.

Around three to five thousand years ago, an ancient people began building stone sites and monuments on the Channel Islands, creating a landscape as rich in mythology as any archaeological site in Greece or Egypt. This work examines this landscape.

Witchcraft And Devil Lore In The Channel Islands Transcripts From The Official Records Of The Guernsey Royal Court With An English Translation And Historical Introduction

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Author : John Linwood Pitts
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-06-29

Witchcraft And Devil Lore In The Channel Islands Transcripts From The Official Records Of The Guernsey Royal Court With An English Translation And Historical Introduction written by John Linwood Pitts and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-29 with categories.

INTRODUCTION. The Witchcraft superstitions of the Channel Islands, sad as they were in their characteristics and results-as is abundantly evidenced by our judicial records-were but a part and parcel of that vast wave of unreasoning credulity which swept across the civilised world during the Middle Ages, and more or less affected every class of society, and all sorts and conditions of men. From the lists given in the following pages (pp. -32), it will be seen that in about seventy-one years, during the reigns of Elizabeth, James I. and Charles I., no fewer than seventy-eight persons-fifty-eight of them being women, and twenty of them men-were brought to trial for Sorcery in Guernsey alone. Out of these unfortunate victims, three women and one man appear to have been burnt alive; twenty-four women and four men were hanged first and burnt afterwards; one woman was hanged for returning to the island after being banished; three women and one man were whipped and had each an ear cut off; twenty-two women and five men were banished from the island; while five women and three men had the good fortune to be acquitted. Most of these accused persons were natives of Guernsey, but mention is made of one woman from Jersey, of three men and a woman from Sark, and of a man from Alderney. With regard to the gatherings at the so-called Witches' Sabbaths, there can be no doubt that-quite apart from the question of any diabolic presence at such meetings-very questionable assemblies of people did take place at intervals among the inhabitants of many countries. Probably these gatherings first had their rise in the old pagan times, and were subsequently continued from force of habit, long after their real origin and significance had been forgotten. Now, it would be very easy for these orgies to become associated-particularly in the then superstitious condition of the popular mind-with the actual bodily presence of the Devil as one of the participants; while it is also not improbable that, in some cases at least, heartless and evil-minded persons worked upon the prevailing credulity to further their own nefarious purposes. Our esteemed Bailiff has offered a suggestion or two of considerable value on this point with regard to certain Guernsey phases of the superstition. He thinks it highly probable that some of these deluded women were actually the dupes of unprincipled and designing men, who arrayed themselves in various disguises and then met their unfortunate victims by appointment. This idea is, indeed, borne out to a great extent by some of the particulars stated in the following confessions. For instance, some of the women assert that when they met the Devil he was in the form of a dog, but rather larger; he always stood upon his hind legs-probably the man's feet; and, when he shook hands with them, his paw felt like a hand-doubtless it was a hand. Another suggestion of the Bailiff's is also worth notice. It is that the black ointment so often mentioned as being rubbed on the bodies of the so-called witches, had a real existence, and may have been so compounded as to act as a narcotic or intoxicant, and produce a kind of extatic condition, just as the injection of certain drugs beneath the skin is known to do now....

Gods In Britain

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Author : Jill Dudley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012

Gods In Britain written by Jill Dudley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Christian legends categories.

This title explores how, and even why, early Christianity took over. The author travels from England to Scotland, from Cornwall to Wales in search of the Pagan past, gathering myths and legends along the way.

The Pagan Religions Of The Ancient British Isles

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Author : R.. Hutton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991

The Pagan Religions Of The Ancient British Isles written by R.. Hutton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with categories.

Pagan Britain

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Author : Ronald Hutton
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2013-01-01

Pagan Britain 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 2013-01-01 with History categories.

Britain's pagan past, with its astonishing number and variety of mysterious monuments, atmospheric sites, enigmatic artefacts, bloodthirsty legends and cryptic inscriptions, has always enthralled and perplexed us. 'Pagan Britain' is a history of religious beliefs from the Old Stone Age to the coming of Christianity. This ambitious book integrates the latest evidence to survey our transformed - and transforming - understanding of early religious behaviour; and, also, the way in which that behaviour has been interpreted in recent times, as a mirror for modern dreams and fears. From the Palaeolithic era to the coming of Christianity and beyond, Hutton reveals the long development, rapid suppression and enduring cultural significance of paganism. Woven into the chronological narrative are numerous case studies of sacred sites both well-known - Stonehenge, Avebury, Seahenge and Maiden Castle - and more unusual far-flung locations across the mainland and coastal islands.

Jersey Folklore Superstitions Volume Two

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Author : G. J. C. Bois
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2010-06-04

Jersey Folklore Superstitions Volume Two written by G. J. C. Bois and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-04 with Art categories.

Published in two volumes, the purpose of Jersey Folklore & Superstitions is three-fold: To bring all the previously published and any non-published material on Jersey folktales and superstitions together in one publication, to expand on the detail of this material and to place it in context by comparing it with similar or more complete traditions from the Gulf of St. Malo as a whole (Guernsey, Normandy and Brittany) and to consider its functions and origins. To this end they are further compared with traditions from Europe generally, with some examples from further afield and with mythologies worldwide. For Jersey readers this work will give an overview of their oral tradition, its significance and how it relates to the body of such traditions within Europe as a whole. For general readers the use of the Islands traditions as a template for those elsewhere, the process of comparison with those from other regions and the attempt to outline the broad range of sources from which they are drawn, may give an insight into particular areas of folk tradition generally, such as fairy-lore, indigenous sorcery (witchcraft), domestic superstition and the roles and origins of spectral animals and other beings. For this purpose, most chapters are broadly divided into four main sections. The Jersey material is presented first, followed by that from Guernsey, Normandy and Brittany, followed by an analysis using examples from further afield and from mythology. Each chapter concludes with a review and summary of this material. Liberal quotations of related ditons or sayings in Jrriais (the Jersey Language) are included with each chapter. The author has four previous publications; Jersey Superstitions in Etching & Poetry (hardcover 1981), An Introduction to Channel Islands Pewter (softcover 1993), Jersey Maritime Folklore (M/S format, 1996) and Sunbonnets in the Channel Islands & worldwide (CD-R 2005).

Pagan Themes In Modern Children S Fiction

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Author : P. Bramwell
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2009-03-31

Pagan Themes In Modern Children S Fiction written by P. Bramwell and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-31 with Fiction categories.

Applying a range of critical approaches to works by authors including Susan Cooper, Catherine Fisher, Geraldine McCaughrean, Anthony Horowitz and Philip Pullman, this book looks at the formative and interrogative relationship between recent children's literature and fashionable but controversial aspects of modern Paganism.