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The Wild Hunt and the Witches' Sabbath. / Hutton, Ronald E.
In: Folklore, Vol. 125, No. 2, 03.07.2014, p. 161-178.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The Wild Hunt and the Witches' Sabbath
AU - Hutton, Ronald E
N1 - Date of Acceptance N/A
PY - 2014/7/3
Y1 - 2014/7/3
N2 - Recent writing on the medieval origins of the concept of the witches' sabbath have emphasized the importance of beliefs in nocturnal processions or cavalcades of spirits, known in modern times by the umbrella term of the ‘Wild Hunt’. This article suggests that the modern notion of the Hunt was created by Jacob Grimm, who conflated different medieval traditions with modern folklore. It further argues that a different approach to the study of medieval spirit processions, which confines itself to medieval and early modern sources and distinguishes between the types of procession described in them, results in different conclusions, with regard both to the character of the Hunt and to its relationship with the sabbath.
AB - Recent writing on the medieval origins of the concept of the witches' sabbath have emphasized the importance of beliefs in nocturnal processions or cavalcades of spirits, known in modern times by the umbrella term of the ‘Wild Hunt’. This article suggests that the modern notion of the Hunt was created by Jacob Grimm, who conflated different medieval traditions with modern folklore. It further argues that a different approach to the study of medieval spirit processions, which confines itself to medieval and early modern sources and distinguishes between the types of procession described in them, results in different conclusions, with regard both to the character of the Hunt and to its relationship with the sabbath.
U2 - 10.1080/0015587X.2014.896968
DO - 10.1080/0015587X.2014.896968
M3 - Article
VL - 125
SP - 161
EP - 178
JO - Folklore
JF - Folklore
SN - 0015-587X
IS - 2
ER -