Sökning: "witchcraft"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 13 avhandlingar innehållade ordet witchcraft.

  1. 1. Trolldoms- och vidskepelseprocesserna i Göta hovrätt 1635-1754

    Författare :Per Sörlin; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Witchcraft - Europe - History -17th Century; Witchcraft - Europe - History -18th Century; Witchcraft - Sweden - History - 17th Century; Witchcraft - Sweden - History - 18th Century; häxprocesser i Sverige; History;

    Sammanfattning : Extensive witchcraft trials took place in Sweden between the years 1668 and 1676. Approximately three hundred individuals were executed during a period of very few years. However, far more common were trials of a more modest nature, concerning minor magic and malevolent witchcraft without aspects of diabolism. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Blåkulla, magi och trolldomsprocesser : En folkloristisk studie av folkliga trosföreställningar och av trolldomsprocesserna inom Svea Hovrätts jurisdiktion

    Författare :Per-Anders Östling; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Ethnology; angels; black magic; Blåkulla; circulation of rumours; dishonour; envy; folklore; gender; historical anthropology; history of mentalities; honour; hysteria; legal history; magic; maleficium; performance; popular beliefs; popular religion; rumours; social conflicts; sorcerer; sorcery; spreading of rumours; the devil; the evil eye; the Witches Sabbath; topsy turvy world; white magic; witch; witchcraft; Witch Craze;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation deals with, magic, popular beliefs in the Witches Sabbath (in Sweden called Blåkulla), the witchcraft trials within the jurisdiction of Svea Circuit Court 1597–1720 and some aspects of the Great Northern Witch Craze of 1668–1677. The study examines the meanings of popular beliefs (folklore) in magic and Blåkulla and the actions, causes and events that actualised these beliefs. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Blåkulla, magi och trolldomsprocesser : En folkloristisk studie av folkliga trosföreställningar och av trolldomsprocesserna inom Svea Hovrätts jurisdiktion 1597–1720

    Författare :Per-Anders Östling; Ulf Palmenfelt; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ethnology; angels; black magic; Blåkulla; circulation of rumours; dishonour; envy; folklore; gender; historical anthropology; history of mentalities; honour; hysteria; legal history; magic; maleficium; performance; popular beliefs; popular religion; rumours; social conflicts; sorcerer; sorcery; spreading of rumours; the devil; the evil eye; the Witches Sabbath; topsy turvy world; white magic; witch; witchcraft; Witch Craze; Etnologi; Ethnology; Etnologi; Etnologi; Ethnology;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation deals with, magic, popular beliefs in the Witches Sabbath (in Sweden called Blåkulla), the witchcraft trials within the jurisdiction of Svea Circuit Court 1597–1720 and some aspects of the Great Northern Witch Craze of 1668–1677. The study examines the meanings of popular beliefs (folklore) in magic and Blåkulla and the actions, causes and events that actualised these beliefs. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Religiösa konflikter i norra Hälsingland 1630-1800

    Författare :Maria Wallenberg Bondesson; Daniel Lindmark; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; revivals; witchcraft; Hälsingland; Norrland; early modern Sweden; religious conflicts; local community; History; Historia; History; historia;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation deals with religious conflict in a number of local communities of Sweden during early modern times, i.e. from 1630 to 1800. Religious conflict, in my understanding, comprises all kinds of conflicts in which the religious element is essential. LÄS MER

  7. 5. The Birth of Religion among the Balanta of Guinea-Bissau

    Författare :Inger Callewaert; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Herbal medicine 3.Modernisation; Divination; Ritual songs; Witchcraft; Ritual; Prophetic movement; Ancestor cult; Anthropology of Religion; Balanta 2.History of Religions; 1.West Africa; Guinea-Bissau; Gender; Theology; Teologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with a recent event within the history of religions, the rise and development of a non-Christian prophetic movement named Kiyang-yang within the oral, kinship and ancestor based society of the Balanta in Guinea-Bissau. Kiyang-yang is headed by young women and men under the leadership of a woman prophet. LÄS MER