Popular Religion in Late Saxon England: Elf Charms in Context

Popular Religion in Late Saxon England: Elf Charms in Context


Yazar Karen Louise Jolly
Yayınevi The University of North Carolina Press
ISBN 9780807845653
Baskı yılı 1996
Sayfa sayısı 256
Ağırlık 0.39 kg
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In tenth- and 11th-century England, Anglo-Saxon Christians retained an old folk belief in elves as extremely dangerous creatures capable of harming unwary humans. To ward off the afflictions caused by these invisible beings, Christian priests modified tra