1999/01/01 by Jürgen Beyer · 2 citations
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Aesthetics #Ancient history #Archaeology #Art #Context (archaeology) #Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning #Historical and Religious Studies of Rome #History #Literature #Medieval Literature and History #Middle Ages #Narrative #Period (music) #Storytelling
paper · doi:10.1080/0015587x.1999.9715979
published in Folklore 110(1-2), 39-47 (Routledge)
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Based on recent Central European research concerning the history of storytelling, this article explores the transformation of apparition stories in Scandinavia and Germany from the late Middle Ages through the Reformation to about 1700. A number of motifs were kept alive throughout the entire period but the stories as a whole changed considerably. This was not only due to a changing social and religious context but also to the specific transmission conditions of these stories.