Claude Lecouteux | |
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Born | 8 February 1943 |
Nationality | French |
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Doctoral advisor | Gaston Zink |
Influences | Georges Dumézil |
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Discipline | Germanic studies |
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Main interests | Germanic mythology and folklore |
Notable works | Encyclopedia of Norse and Germanic Folklore,Mythology,and Magic (2015) |
Claude Lecouteux (born 8 February 1943) is a French philologist and medievalist who specializes in Germanic studies. He is Professor Emeritus and Chair of the Literature and Civilization of Medieval Germanic Peoples at Sorbonne University.
In 1986 Lecouteux published what is now regarded as a seminal history of ghosts from 500 to 1500,relying largely on literary sources. [1]
Claude Lecouteux received a PhD in Germanic studies from Sorbonne University in 1975,and a DA from the Blaise Pascal University in 1980. From 1981 to 1992,Lecouteux was Professor and Chair of the Languages,Literatures and Civilizations of Germanic Peoples at the University of Caen Normandy. From 1992 to 2007,Lecouteux was Professor and Chair of Medieval Germanic Literature at Sorbonne University. Since 2007,Lecouteux has been Professor Emeritus and Chair of the Literature and Civilization of Medieval Germanic Peoples at Sorbonne University. [2]
Lecouteux was made a Knight of the Ordre des Palmes académiques in 1996,and an Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2006. [2]
Title | Year | Publisher | Translator |
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Witches,Werewolves and Fairies:Shapeshifters and Astral Doubles in the Middle Ages (Fées,Sorcières et Loups-garous) | 1992 (Fr), 2003 (En) | Éditions Imago (Paris), Inner Traditions (Rochester,Vermont) | Clare Frock |
The Return of the Dead:Ghosts,Ancestors and the Transparent Veil of the Pagan Mind (Fantômes et Revenants au Moyen Age) | 1996 (Fr), 2009 (En) | Éditions Imago (Paris), Inner Traditions (Rochester,Vermont) | Jon E. Graham |
The Secret History of Vampires:Their Multiple Forms and Hidden Purposes (Histoire de Vampires:Autopsie d'un mythe) | 1999 (Fr), 2010 (En) | Éditions Imago (Paris), Inner Traditions (Rochester,Vermont) | Jon E. Graham |
Phantom Armies of the Night:The Wild Hunt and Ghostly Processions of the Undead (Chasses fantastiques et cohorts de la nuit au moyen age) | 1999 (Fr), 2011 (En) | Éditions Imago (Paris), Inner Traditions (Rochester,Vermont) | Jon E. Graham |
The Secret History of Poltergeists and Haunted Houses:From Pagan Folklore to Modern Manifestations | 2012 (En) | Inner Traditions (Rochester,Vermont) | Jon E. Graham |
A Lapidary of Sacred Stones. Their Magical and Medicinal Powers Based on the Earliest Sources | 2012 (En) | Inner Traditions (Rochester,Vermont) | Jon E. Graham |
The Tradition of Household Spirits. Ancestral Lore and Practice (La maison et ses génies:Croyances d'hier et d'aujourd'hui) | 2000 (Fr), 2013 (En) | Éditions Imago (Paris), Inner Traditions (Rochester,Vermont) | Jon E. Graham |
The Tradition of Household Spirits. Ancestral Lore and Practice | 2013 (En) | Inner Traditions (Rochester,Vermont) | Jon E. Graham |
Book Of Grimoires:The Secret Grammar of Magic | 2013 (En) | Inner Traditions (Rochester,Vermont) | Jon E. Graham |
The High Magic Of Talismans &Amulets:Tradition and Craft | 2014 (En) | Inner Traditions (Rochester,Vermont) | Jon E. Graham |
Demons and Spirits of the Land:Ancestral Lore and Practices | 2015 (En) | Inner Traditions (Rochester,Vermont) | Jon E. Graham |
Dictionary of Ancient Magic Words and Spells:From Abraxas to Zoar | 2015 (En) | Inner Traditions (Rochester,Vermont) | Jon E. Graham |
Encyclopedia of Norse and Germanic Folklore,Mythology,and Magic | 2015 (En) | Inner Traditions (Rochester,Vermont) | Jon E. Graham |
King Solomon the Magus:Master of the Djinns and Occult Traditions of East and West | 2022 (En) | Inner Traditions (Rochester,Vermont) | Jon E. Graham |
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