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Voodoo. Götter - Zauber - Rituale
Es ist einfach, etwas zu fürchten –
aber es ist spannender, es zu verstehen.
Über keine andere Religion gibt es so viele Vorurteile wie über Voodoo – reflexhaft denken wir an Zombies, durchstochene Puppen und blutige Tieropfer. Dabei sind dies nur Teilaspekte des Voodoo, der tief im Herzen Afrikas geboren wurde und im 16. Jahrhundert mit den ersten Sklavenschiffen in die Neue Welt gelangte. Der bekannte Mythen- und Kulturforscher Andreas Gößling erhellt die Hintergründe des Voodoo, erzählt die Entstehungsgeschichte des auch heute noch lebendigen Glaubens und stellt die faszinierenden Gottheiten und komplexen Riten der weißen und schwarzen Magie vor.
aber es ist spannender, es zu verstehen.
Über keine andere Religion gibt es so viele Vorurteile wie über Voodoo – reflexhaft denken wir an Zombies, durchstochene Puppen und blutige Tieropfer. Dabei sind dies nur Teilaspekte des Voodoo, der tief im Herzen Afrikas geboren wurde und im 16. Jahrhundert mit den ersten Sklavenschiffen in die Neue Welt gelangte. Der bekannte Mythen- und Kulturforscher Andreas Gößling erhellt die Hintergründe des Voodoo, erzählt die Entstehungsgeschichte des auch heute noch lebendigen Glaubens und stellt die faszinierenden Gottheiten und komplexen Riten der weißen und schwarzen Magie vor.
311 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
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About the author
Andreas Gößling
55 books2 followersAndreas Gößling studied German Literature, Journalism, and Political Science. He received a scholarship from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation for his dissertation on Thomas Bernhard's novels. After receiving his doctorate (Dr. phil.) in 1984, he received a postdoctoral scholarship from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for a three-year research project on Robert Walser's novels.
Andreas Gößling became known as an author with his two novels about the culture of the ancient Maya, The Mayan Priestess (2001) and In the Temple of the Rain God (2003), about which ZDF filmed the documentary film “The Mysteries of the Maya. A Journey Through Time to Guatemala” for its series “RomanWelten” (Roman Worlds) at the original locations of the novels.
Gößling's novels are characterized by the combination of historical accuracy and mythical-fantastic elements, as well as literary complexity and suggestive suspense. Gößling has undertaken numerous research trips, primarily in Latin America. The author has also addressed European history and mythology on numerous occasions in his novels, especially in his major novels Faust, the Magician (2007) and, for young readers, OPUS (2 volumes, 2010).
In his non-fiction books on myth and cultural history, Gößling repeatedly highlights the intercultural similarities of archetypes, mythical figures and magical or religious rituals, including in Drachenwelten (2003), a large-scale comparison of the creation myths of various cultures and epochs.
Andreas Gößling is married to the author and translator Anne Löhr-Gößling and lives in Berlin, where he also runs MayaMedia Publishing and Agency.
Andreas Gößling became known as an author with his two novels about the culture of the ancient Maya, The Mayan Priestess (2001) and In the Temple of the Rain God (2003), about which ZDF filmed the documentary film “The Mysteries of the Maya. A Journey Through Time to Guatemala” for its series “RomanWelten” (Roman Worlds) at the original locations of the novels.
Gößling's novels are characterized by the combination of historical accuracy and mythical-fantastic elements, as well as literary complexity and suggestive suspense. Gößling has undertaken numerous research trips, primarily in Latin America. The author has also addressed European history and mythology on numerous occasions in his novels, especially in his major novels Faust, the Magician (2007) and, for young readers, OPUS (2 volumes, 2010).
In his non-fiction books on myth and cultural history, Gößling repeatedly highlights the intercultural similarities of archetypes, mythical figures and magical or religious rituals, including in Drachenwelten (2003), a large-scale comparison of the creation myths of various cultures and epochs.
Andreas Gößling is married to the author and translator Anne Löhr-Gößling and lives in Berlin, where he also runs MayaMedia Publishing and Agency.
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December 11, 2012
Ein guter Überblick über haitianischen Vodou. Auch wenn das Buch nicht in die Tiefe geht, sind doch einige Hintergrundinformationen enthalten. Das Buch setzt nicht auf reißerischen Hollywood-Sensationalismus und ist ein guter deutschsprachiger Einstieg in die Thematik, auch wenn ich die enthaltenen "Rezepte" unnötig fand.
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