Demons and spirits of the land
Subtitle: ancestral lore and practices
By: Claude Lecouteux ; translated by Jon E. Graham
Contributors: Graham, Jon E., translator
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: Inner Traditions
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781620553992
Subjects: History of doctrines; Demonology
Work titles: Démons et Génies du terroir au Moyen Age
Notes: "Originally published in French under the title Démons et Génies du terroir au Moyen âge by Éditions Imago."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A haunted universe; title: Unusual manifestations; title: The first inhabitants of the earth; title: Demons and fallen angels; title: Cult remnants; title: The local land spirits; title: The underside of idolatry; title: The testimony provided by place names; title: Sylvanus and consorts; title: The metamorphoses of spirits; title: A provisional balance sheet; title: Conquering and defending the land; title: Encountering the spirits of the local land; title: Taking possession of a piece of land; title: Circumambulation : appropriation, expropriation, and protection rite; title: Boundaries and their markings; title: The enclosed space is sacred; title: The contract with the spirits; title: The circular and the rectangular : a hypothesis; title: The conquest of the space; title: Survivals and transformations; title: Waters, springs, and fountains; title: The forest; title: The mountain and its spirits; title: The problem of the paredra; title: A composite site : the dwelling of Grendel and his mother; title: The moor; title: The crossbreeding of myths; title: The return of the place spirits.