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 Tales of Witchcraft and Wonder, The Tradition of Household Spirits, Demons and Spirits of the Land, and Encyclopedia of Norse and Germanic Folklore, Mythology, and Magic. He lives in Paris.
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Foreword: Claude Lecouteux, A Ferryman Who Smuggles History through Stories Florence Bayard and Astrid Guillaume Introduction Florence Bayard and Astrid Guillaume PART I FROM DOCUMENT TO IDEA Making Texts Speak 1 The Ramsund Stone The Mindset behind the Runic Inscription 2 Eyrbyggja Saga The Saga of Snorri Goði 3 The Hidden Face of Tales and Legends 4 Fantasy and the Middle Ages PART I I BETWEEN MAGIC AND DIABLERIE Ambiguous Objects and Beings 5 A Typology of Several Kinds of Evil Dead 6 Grimoires and Their Ancestors 7 Big Bells and Little Bells Beliefs and Magic 8 Weyland the Smith PART I I I NATURE AND THE ELEMENTS Between Awe and Terror 9 The Magnetic Mountain 10 The Raft of the Winds Toward a Mythology of Clouds in the Middle Ages 11 The Masters of Weather Tempestarii, Coercers, Defenders, and Others 12 Mythical Aspects of the Mountain in the Middle Ages PART I V BORDERS AT THE MARGINS OF THE KNOWN WORLD 13 The Sea and Its Isles during the Middle Ages A Journey into the Marvelous 14 The Backdrop of the Adventure Sites in Medieval Romances 15 The Taming of the Land Reflections on Human Beings and Their Environment 16 Borderlands of the Otherworld 17 The Spirits of Nature and of Humans in the Middle Ages Aspects of Their Relationship Notes Index
Foreword: Claude Lecouteux, A Ferryman Who Smuggles History through Stories Florence Bayard and Astrid Guillaume Introduction Florence Bayard and Astrid Guillaume PART I FROM DOCUMENT TO IDEA Making Texts Speak 1 The Ramsund Stone The Mindset behind the Runic Inscription 2 Eyrbyggja Saga The Saga of Snorri Goði 3 The Hidden Face of Tales and Legends 4 Fantasy and the Middle Ages PART I I BETWEEN MAGIC AND DIABLERIE Ambiguous Objects and Beings 5 A Typology of Several Kinds of Evil Dead 6 Grimoires and Their Ancestors 7 Big Bells and Little Bells Beliefs and Magic 8 Weyland the Smith PART I I I NATURE AND THE ELEMENTS Between Awe and Terror 9 The Magnetic Mountain 10 The Raft of the Winds Toward a Mythology of Clouds in the Middle Ages 11 The Masters of Weather Tempestarii, Coercers, Defenders, and Others 12 Mythical Aspects of the Mountain in the Middle Ages PART I V BORDERS AT THE MARGINS OF THE KNOWN WORLD 13 The Sea and Its Isles during the Middle Ages A Journey into the Marvelous 14 The Backdrop of the Adventure Sites in Medieval Romances 15 The Taming of the Land Reflections on Human Beings and Their Environment 16 Borderlands of the Otherworld 17 The Spirits of Nature and of Humans in the Middle Ages Aspects of Their Relationship Notes Index
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