Madness from demonic possession

Motif

Madness from demonic possession.

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Destructive magic powers. · Death or bodily injury by magic. · view the constellation · filed as D2065.1

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Depth CommentaryPrimitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom, Chapter XIV

Scholars’ trail — 3references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Italian NovellaRotunda
IndiaThompson-Balys.
general Kittredge Witchcraft 124ff., 449f. nn. 1–23 passim

Within the index

Filed under Magic insanity. (Cf. D2161.3.8.)

Filed beside it

Insanity from seeing strange sight Druids bereave men of senses. (Cf. P427.)Insanity of princess dependent on height of fire. (Cf. D2064.2.)Insanity because of Evil Eye. (Cf. D2071.)Person abducted by Echo crazed and dumb Insanity from curse

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