Saint Nicholas : : A psychoanalytic study of his history and myth / / Adriaan D. de Groot.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics - <1990
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2018]
©1965
Year of Publication:2018
Edition:Reprint 2018
Language:English
Series:New Babylon : Studies in the Social Sciences , 1
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Physical Description:1 online resource (211 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Legends
  • Preface to the Original Edition
  • Preface to the English Edition
  • 1. The St.Nicholas Celebrations and their Origin
  • A Vital Piece of Folklore
  • The 'Mythological' Concept and the Fertility Motif
  • Short History of the Church Cult
  • Legends and Patronates
  • The Development of Customs According to Meisen
  • Criticism and Evaluation
  • 2. Psychoanalytic Interpretation
  • The Psychoanalytic Approach
  • Eros and Psyche
  • Images and Symbolism in Unconscious Expression: 1. Freud
  • Images and Symbolism in Unconscious Expression: 2. Jung
  • Multiple Meaning and Its Problems
  • Differentiation and Ambiguity
  • Biopsychological Prototypes
  • 3. Aspects of the Nicolaus Figure
  • Nicolaus and the Family
  • The Symbolism of Conception and Birth in the Legends
  • The Evil Will and the Good Creation
  • Byzantine Backgrounds
  • The Story of the Three Generals (Praxis de Stratelatis)
  • Nikolaos and Artemis
  • St. Nicholas and the Sailors
  • The Medieval Patron
  • Enduring Aspects of the Nicolaus Figure
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • List of Illustrations