Description
Book SynopsisA scholarly work that aims to be both broad enough in scope to satisfy upper-division undergraduates studying folk belief and narrative and detailed enough to meet the needs of graduate students in the field.
Table of ContentsPart 1 Folk Beliefs about the Supernatural; Chapter 1 The Pagan Background; Chapter 2 Christian Personages; Chapter 3 The Devil; Chapter 4 Spirits of the House and Farmstead; Chapter 5 Spirits of the Forest, Waters, and Fields; Chapter 6 Russian Sorcery; Chapter 7 “Spoiling” and Healing; Part 2 Folk Narratives about the Supernatural; Chapter 8 Legends, Fabulates, and Memorates; Chapter 9 Creation Legends; Chapter 10 Biblical Personages and Saints; Chapter 11 Devils; Chapter 12 The Domovoi and Other Domestic Spirits; Chapter 13 Nature Spirits; Chapter 14 Sorcerers and Witches;
