Claude Lecouteux is a former professor of medieval literature and civilization at the Sorbonne. He is the author of numerous books on medieval and pagan afterlife beliefs and magic, including The Book of Grimoires, Dictionary of Ancient Magic Words and Spells, and The Tradition of Household Spirits. He lives in Paris.
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Foreword by Régis Boyer Introduction: We Dwell in a Haunted Place Part One A Haunted Universe 1 Unusual Manifestations 2 The First Inhabitants of the Earth 3 Demons and Fallen Angels 4 Cult Remnants 5 The Local Land Spirits 6 The Underside of Idolatry 7 The Evidence of Place-Names 8 Silvanus and Company 9 The Metamorphoses of Spirits 10 A Provisional Assessment Part Two Conquering and Defending the Land 11 Encountering the Spirits of the Local Land 12 Taking Possession of a Piece of Land 13 Circumambulation: Appropriation, Expropriation, and Protection Rites 14 Boundaries and Their Markers 15 The Enclosed Space Is Sacred 16 The Contract with the Spirits 17 The Circular and the Rectangular: A Hypothesis 18 The Conquest of the Space Part Three Survivals and Transformations 19 Waters, Springs, and Fountains 20 The Forest 21 The Mountain and Its Spirits 22 The Problem of Parédrie 23 A Composite Site: The Dwelling of Grendel and His Mother 24 The Moor 25 The Hybridization of Myths 26 The Return of the Place Spirits Afterword Notes Bibliography Index
Foreword by Régis Boyer Introduction: We Dwell in a Haunted Place Part One A Haunted Universe 1 Unusual Manifestations 2 The First Inhabitants of the Earth 3 Demons and Fallen Angels 4 Cult Remnants 5 The Local Land Spirits 6 The Underside of Idolatry 7 The Evidence of Place-Names 8 Silvanus and Company 9 The Metamorphoses of Spirits 10 A Provisional Assessment Part Two Conquering and Defending the Land 11 Encountering the Spirits of the Local Land 12 Taking Possession of a Piece of Land 13 Circumambulation: Appropriation, Expropriation, and Protection Rites 14 Boundaries and Their Markers 15 The Enclosed Space Is Sacred 16 The Contract with the Spirits 17 The Circular and the Rectangular: A Hypothesis 18 The Conquest of the Space Part Three Survivals and Transformations 19 Waters, Springs, and Fountains 20 The Forest 21 The Mountain and Its Spirits 22 The Problem of Parédrie 23 A Composite Site: The Dwelling of Grendel and His Mother 24 The Moor 25 The Hybridization of Myths 26 The Return of the Place Spirits Afterword Notes Bibliography Index
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