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PAGAN MENTALITY AND CHRISTIANITY INTERACTION IN GERMAN SPELLS

PAGAN MENTALITY AND CHRISTIANITY INTERACTION IN GERMAN SPELLS


Author:  N. V. Shesterkina

Abstract
The report deals with the difference in the origin and treatment of diseases ac-cording to the mythological and Christian conceptions. The analysis is based on German texts of charm having the motif of «a dead hand», which reflect the archaic cult of the dead.

Keywords:  pagan, Christian consciousness, core cultural concept, mythology

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