medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
It is probably tangential to this discussion, but I cant
help pointing out that in Scandinavian medieval literature
"ghosts" (draugar) are the quite physical and active dead.
cf. Grettis saga, and the volume by schmidt mentioned in
an earlier post discusses them, i believe.
Margaret Cormack [log in to unmask]
Dept. of Philosophy and Religion fax: 843-953-6388
College of Charleston tel: 843-953-8033
Charleston, SC 29424-0001
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