medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
St. Guthlac (8th century Anglo-Saxon England) had some interesting run-ins
with the demonic--they even gave him a tour of hell. See his Vita by the
monk Felix (in English with facing Latin) in "Felix's Life of St. Guthlac,"
Cambridge, 1956.
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> 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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>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf
>> Of James Mills
>> Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 11:46 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: [M-R] demons
>>
>> 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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