medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
In that case, you might want to concentrate on how
demons interfered with saints. Dr. Jestice may be able
to identify some saints particularly tormented by
demons, Saint Anthony (not medieval, but you didn't
specify period) being one of the most famous.
MG
--- Shang-Ching Cheng <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Dear Mr. Mills,
>
> I must admit that I used the term "demon"
> very loosely in my previous
> posting. What I am interested is the unusual
> behavior of demonic entity
> portrayed by popular culture and I will definitely
> be interested in how
> malign creatures intervened with people's life.
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Shang-Ching Cheng
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval
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> Dear Shang-Ching Cheng,
>
> I am not sure what the word "demon" means in your
> request for help. I have
> always looked for the word "devil" when I was
> looking for malign creatures
> plaguing humans. As an example,Tutivilus, the devil
> who had the duty of
> taking down notes on the conversations of gossiping
> women.
>
> I can point you to pictures of devils preventing the
> easy churning of butter
> or devils interfering with the easy passage of a
> ship.
>
> If you are interested in how devils interfered in
> the everyday life of the
> medieval I can help you.
>
> Good hunting, Jim Mills
>
>
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