TY - JOUR
TI - Demonology at the Crossroads. The Presence and Significance of Non-Jewish Beliefs within Ashkenazi Folklore
AU - Tuszewicki, Marek
TI - Demonology at the Crossroads. The Presence and Significance of Non-Jewish Beliefs within Ashkenazi Folklore
AB - 
	The article deals with the subject of popular demonology as a space of symbolic contact between Jewish culture and the largely Slavic surrounding culture(s) in the Eastern Europe. It brings together two main themes – the presence of Christian beliefs about witchcraft, and demonic representations of diseases (e.g. kolten, hartsvorem, etc.) – as seen and evaluated within the Ashkenazi milieu at the turn of the 20th century. Based on print and handwritten sources of various origins, the article presents examples of extensive intercultural contact, emphasizing their scope and meaning, as well as their limitations, in historical/cultural context.
VL - 2015
IS - Volume 13
PY - 2016
SN - 1733-5760
C1 - 2084-3925
SP - 93
EP - 112
DO - 10.4467/20843925SJ.15.008.4230
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/scripta-judaica-cracoviensia/article/demonology-at-the-crossroads-the-presence-and-significance-of-non-jewish-beliefs-within-ashkenazi-folklore
KW - folklore
KW - demonology
KW - medicine
KW - Jewish-Slavic relations