Escaping the «Jaws of Death»: Some Visual Conceptualisations in Late Medieval Islamic and Eastern Christian Art

Autor(en)

Sara Kuehn

Abstrakt

Mythological creatures — ambivalent and antagonist spirits — are sometimes conceived of as humans’ invisible enemies — tempters, wreckers, agents of diseases. They help explain many cataclysms and disasters — from personal to global ones. Demonology appears on every level of culture — from scholarly theology to folklore. The anthology deals with images, motives and plots, related to demons in different religions, folklore art and literature of the world.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Religionswissenschaft

Journal

In Umbra: Demonology as a Semiotic System

Band

3

Seiten

133-164

Anzahl der Seiten

33

Publikationsdatum

2014

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

603905 Islam, 604019 Kunstgeschichte, 603909 Religionswissenschaft

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Arts and Humanities(all)

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/escaping-the-jaws-of-death-some-visual-conceptualisations-in-late-medieval-islamic-and-eastern-christian-art(38562183-be0d-46f2-9457-7f09513792c4).html