1952
DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674734234
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Wild Men in the Middle Ages

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“…His name came to be used for diverse European demons. Th e Italian orco and the French ogre are exactly the same sort of monster found in fairytales that feeds on human fl esh -and they are both in relation with the medieval mythical fi gure of the wild man (Bernheimer 1979). If we are to believe Bernd Dieter Insam and Maja Bošković-Stulli, the term orko (with its numerous variants) covers diverse motifs and properties in correlation.…”
Section: Domestic Team: Orko and Macićmentioning
confidence: 85%
“…His name came to be used for diverse European demons. Th e Italian orco and the French ogre are exactly the same sort of monster found in fairytales that feeds on human fl esh -and they are both in relation with the medieval mythical fi gure of the wild man (Bernheimer 1979). If we are to believe Bernd Dieter Insam and Maja Bošković-Stulli, the term orko (with its numerous variants) covers diverse motifs and properties in correlation.…”
Section: Domestic Team: Orko and Macićmentioning
confidence: 85%
“…As for transformations, Straparola dipped into the long European tradition of men who -in seeking woodland refuge -become hairy in the process of forsaking civilized habits and green from eating grass and leaves (Bartra, 1994;Basford, 2004;Bernheimer, 1979). Prince Rubinetto's transformation into a wild man follows just this purportedly natural process.…”
Section: Black Magicmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…Queste sono in sostanza le caratteristiche del dio Silvanus, col quale Romani ed autoctoni assimilarono una varieta di divinita locali ai tempi della formazione dell'impero (Bernheimer 1952;Husband 1981;Premoli 1986a e b;Togni 1988). Nel corpus raccolto in area alpina fra la fine del secolo scorso ed i primi decenni di questo secolo, l'Uomo Selvaggio figura variamente come Signore delle Foreste, degli Animali e delle zone piu selvagge dei monti.…”
Section: L' Uomo Selvaggio Nella Cultura Popolare Alpinaunclassified
“…gio rappresentato nello Schempart Buech di Norimberga, esemplare peraltro di una tipologia diffusa in tutta Europa (Bernheimer 1952). Parallelamente a tale trasformazione, tuttavia, se ne compie un'altra che recupera, in una certo modo, alcune delle caratteristiche 'positive' dell'Uomo Selvaggio nella figura del 'Santo Eremita' cristiano.…”
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