Overview
- Explores varying conceptions of the Nightmare hag, mara, in Scandinavian folk belief
- Analyses how this female creature was conceived of in oral literature and everyday ritual practice in pre-industrial Scandinavia
- Evaluates what role she played in a larger pattern of belief in witchcraft and magic
Part of the book series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic (PHSWM)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Why the Nightmare Hag?
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Imagining the Nightmare Hag and Warding Her Off
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Narrating About the Nightmare Hag
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Narratives and Rituals of the Nightmare Hag in Scandinavian Folk Belief
Authors: Catharina Raudvere
Series Title: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48919-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48918-2Published: 27 February 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48921-2Published: 27 February 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-48919-9Published: 26 February 2021
Series ISSN: 2731-5630
Series E-ISSN: 2731-5649
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 310
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Modern Europe, Russian, Soviet, and East European History, Social History