Demons and the Devil : : Moral Imagination in Modern Greek Culture / / Charles Stewart.
In present-day Greece many people still speak of exotikNB--mermaids, dog-form creatures, and other monstrous beings similar to those pictured on medieval maps. Challenging the conventional notion that these often malevolent demons belong exclusively to a realm of folklore or superstition separate fr...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2016] ©1992 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Modern Greek Studies ;
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures and Illustrations
- A Note on Transliteration
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Introduction
- PART ONE. Local Cosmology
- CHAPTER ONE. Naxos: History, Demography, and Identity
- CHAPTER TWO. Traditions and Values in Apeíranthos
- CHAPTER THREE. Cosmology and Morality
- CHAPTER FOUR. Modernization and Rationality
- PART TWO. The Composition of the Exotiká
- CHAPTER FIVE. From Devil to Exotiká: Orthodox Tradition and Beyond
- CHAPTER SIX. The Symbolism of the Exotiká
- PART THREE. Rituals and the Demonic
- CHAPTER SEVEN. Baptism: Of Holy Spirit and Evil Spirits
- CHAPTER EIGHT. Exorcism: The Power of Names
- CHAPTER NINE. Spells: On the Boundary between Church Practice and Sorcery
- Conclusion
- APPENDIX 1. A Glossary of Exotiká
- APPENDIX 2. Xiropotámou 98
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index