Saint Nicholas
A psychoanalytic study of his history and myth
1st Edition
Published on 5. November 2018
211 pages
978-3-11-153236-3 (ISBN)
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Legends
- Preface to the Original Edition
- Preface to the English Edition
- 1. The St.Nicholas Celebrations and their Origin
- A Vital Piece of Folklore
- The 'Mythological' Concept and the Fertility Motif
- Short History of the Church Cult
- Legends and Patronates
- The Development of Customs According to Meisen
- Criticism and Evaluation
- 2. Psychoanalytic Interpretation
- The Psychoanalytic Approach
- Eros and Psyche
- Images and Symbolism in Unconscious Expression: 1. Freud
- Images and Symbolism in Unconscious Expression: 2. Jung
- Multiple Meaning and Its Problems
- Differentiation and Ambiguity
- Biopsychological Prototypes
- 3. Aspects of the Nicolaus Figure
- Nicolaus and the Family
- The Symbolism of Conception and Birth in the Legends
- The Evil Will and the Good Creation
- Byzantine Backgrounds
- The Story of the Three Generals (Praxis de Stratelatis)
- Nikolaos and Artemis
- St. Nicholas and the Sailors
- The Medieval Patron
- Enduring Aspects of the Nicolaus Figure
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- List of Illustrations
