The Smell of Mortal Man: When the Demonic Female Preys Upon the German Pietist
In the esoteric writings of the Medieval German Pietists, nocturnal female demons, known as lilioth, preyed upon mortal men who crossed their paths or who laid down to sleep in their territory. These lilioth could smell the scent of a man, whose body carried with it the additional value of sexual al...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2023
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Harvard theological review
Year: 2023, Volume: 116, Issue: 4, Pages: 575-598 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Lilit
/ Demoness
/ Judaism
/ Esotericism
/ Folk culture
/ Smell
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RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BH Judaism NBH Angelology; demonology TE Middle Ages |
Further subjects: | B
Jewish esotericism
B Folktales B Medieval German Pietism (Ḥaside Ashkenaz) B lilioth B Scent B Jewish magic B female demons B olfactory sense |
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