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Bruxas e diabos: figuras do mal na literatura madeirense (séculos XX-XXI)
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Figuras como bruxas, feiticeiras, diabos e outros seres do mal estão
profundamente enraizadas no folclore e na cultura tradicional madeirense. Este estudo
pretende procurar essas figuras do mal, analisando a escrita narrativa nas abordagens
popular e erudita, de forma a comparar as diferentes representações e contornos que estas
adquirem. O referido levantamento abrange obras e autores afetos ao arquipélago da
Madeira, num corpus de obras publicadas desde o início do século XX até aos nossos
dias. As figuras em estudo têm vindo a ser associadas ao mal, desde sempre em crenças
baseadas na superstição, e alimentadas pelo medo e pela ignorância. Apesar de tidas
predominantemente como figuras do mundo da fantasia, surgem muitas vezes associadas
à natureza, revelando uma rica diversidade de elementos sobreviventes de cultos pré cristãos. Se a história condenou figuras como estas às fogueiras e à demonologia, a
literatura, por outro lado, deu-lhes guarida, abrigou-as no seu seio e alimentou-as,
deixando-as crescer e adquirir novos contornos e características, povoando, assim, o
imaginário humano de fantasia, juntamente com a superstição e a crença que pairam sobre
elas.
Figures as witches, sorceress, devils and another evil beings are deeply rooted in Madeiran traditional culture and folklore. This study intends to search these evil beings, throughout narrative writing, both in popular and scholar literature, comparing the different figurations and elements they acquire, according to the author and the context of the work. This survey covers works and authors related to Madeira islands, in a corpus of works published from the beginning of XX century to our days. The figures in study have been associated to evil, since long in beliefs primarily based on superstition, mainly feed by fear and by ignorance. Although they are mostly known by the fantasy world, they arise several times associated with the nature, having a rich diversity of surviving elements from pre-Christian cults. If the history sentenced figures like these to fire and demonology, on the other hand, the literature gave them shelter, harbored them in their womb and fed them, letting them grow and gain new contours and characteristics, thus inhabiting the human imaginary fantasy, together with superstition and popular belief.
Figures as witches, sorceress, devils and another evil beings are deeply rooted in Madeiran traditional culture and folklore. This study intends to search these evil beings, throughout narrative writing, both in popular and scholar literature, comparing the different figurations and elements they acquire, according to the author and the context of the work. This survey covers works and authors related to Madeira islands, in a corpus of works published from the beginning of XX century to our days. The figures in study have been associated to evil, since long in beliefs primarily based on superstition, mainly feed by fear and by ignorance. Although they are mostly known by the fantasy world, they arise several times associated with the nature, having a rich diversity of surviving elements from pre-Christian cults. If the history sentenced figures like these to fire and demonology, on the other hand, the literature gave them shelter, harbored them in their womb and fed them, letting them grow and gain new contours and characteristics, thus inhabiting the human imaginary fantasy, together with superstition and popular belief.
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Literatura madeirense Folclore Imaginário Superstição Seres do mal Feitiçaria Diabo Madeiran literature Folklore Imaginary Superstition Evil beings Witchcraft Devil Estudos Regionais e Locais . Faculdade de Artes e Humanidades