Culture
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Elements of Mythological Consciousness in Modern Culture
Diffusion areas of the cultural and society social life leads to a gradual loss of the judging possibility, evaluating or…
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The Gothic Eruption as Culture, Subculture, Counterculture
This article explores the relationship between the eruptions of the abnormal which are a key part of the Gothic genre…
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Spectral Pumpkins: Cultural Icons and the Gothic Everyday
Over the centuries, the pumpkin gourd has evolved from a simple foodstuff found in many homes and gardens around the…
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Gothic Horror Films, Hauntings, Dark Spaces and Specters
A consideration of the film trajectories taken by Gothic cinema, including an overview of some of the most influential films…
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European Vampires and the Early History of the Strigoi
For the first time since prehistory, humanity was taking the fight to the vampires that they had named the Strigoi
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“Madmen Know Nothing!” The Gothic Transgression and Madness
The haunting, and the ghosts themselves, which in gothic texts are often portrayed in a manner that creates mystery and…
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Archaeology, History, Crime and Punishment
Murder, assault, thievery, fraud — for as long as there have been groups of humans living together, these and many…
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‘Night of the Living Dead’: Re-evaluating the Undead Classic
The release in 2004 of Zack Snyder’s remake of George A. Romero’s ‘Dawn of the Dead’ (1978) attests to the…
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Contemporary Pagans and the Blood that Matters
At festivals, Neopagans celebrate the identities they have borrowed from ancient or non-Christian religions, such as Santeria.
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The Egyptian Royal Funerary Complexes
The royal funerary complexes constituted an indispensable part of the ancient Egyptian state of the Old Kingdom.
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Mythologies of Death and on the Origins of Dying
As is well known, only a few myths explain the advent of death as a consequence of man’s transgressing a…
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Witchcraft and Magic in Enlightenment Europe
The so-called Enlightenment of the eighteenth-century has often been portrayed as a period in which much of Europe cast off…
