Éva Pócs

Éva Pócs

Éva Pócs (born 1936) is associate professor in the Department of Ethnography and Cultural Anthropology at Janus Pannonius University, Pécs, Hungary, and president of the Folklore Section of the Hungarian Ethnographic Society. She is one of the most highly respected scholars of historical anthropology, and author of several books dealing with supernatural beliefs and patterns of communication in early modern Europe.

Publications

Her publications in English include:
*"Communicating With The Spirits"
*"Between the Living and the Dead : A Perspective on Witches and Seers in the Early Modern Age"
*(editor) "Witchcraft, Mythologies and Persecution", with Gabor Klaniczay.
*(editor) "Christian Demonology And Popular Mythology : Demons, Spirits, Witches", with Gabor Klaniczay.

External links

*worldcat id|lccn-n85-288604


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