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Shaman of Oberstdorf : Chonrad Stoeckhlin title: and the Phantoms of the Night Studies in Early Modern German History author: Behringer, Wolfgang. publisher: University of Virginia Press isbn10 | asin: 0813917883 print isbn13: 9780813917887 ebook isbn13: 9780585120966 language: English Witchcraft--Germany--Allgäu--History- subject -16th century, Occultism--Germany--Allgà ¤u--History--16th century. publication date: 1998 lcc: BF1583.B43813 1998eb ddc: 133.4/3/094337 Witchcraft--Germany--Allgäu--History- subject: -16th century, Occultism--Germany--Allgà ¤u--History--16th century. Page i Shaman of Oberstdorf Page ii Studies in Early Modern German History H.C. Erik Midelfort, Editor Page iii Shaman of Oberstdorf Chonrad Stoeckhlin and the Phantoms of the Night (Chonrad Stoeckhlin und die Nachtschar: Eine Geschichte aus der frühen Neuzeit) Wolfgang Behringer Translated by H.C. Erik Midelfort University Press of Virginia Charlottesville Page iv Disclaimer: This book contains characters with diacritics. When the characters can be represented using the ISO 8859-1 character set (http://www.w3.org/TR/images/latin1.gif), netLibrary will represent them as they appear in the original text, and most computers will be able to show the full characters correctly. In order to keep the text searchable and readable on most computers, characters with diacritics that are not part of the ISO 8859-1 list will be represented without their diacritical marks. Originally published in German as Chonrad Stoeckhlin und die Nachtschar: Eine Geschichte aus der frühen Neuzeit, © R. Piper GmbH & Co. KG, München, 1994 The University Press of Virginia Translation © C 1998 by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First published 1998 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48- 1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Behringer, Wolfgang. [Chonrad Stoecklin und die Nachtschar. English] Shaman of Oberstdorf: Chonrad Stoeckhlin and the phantoms of the night / Wolfgang Behringer; translated by H.C. Erik Midelfort. p. cm. (Studies in early modern German history) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8139-1788-3 (hardcover: alk. paper) ISBN 0-8139-1853-7 (paper: alk. paper) 1. Witchcraft Germany Allgäu History 16th century. 2. Occultism Germany History Allgäu 16th century. I. Title. II. Series BF1583.B43813 1998 133.4'3' 094337 dc21 97-48497 CIP Page v Contents List of Maps vii Author's Acknowledgments ix Translator's Preface xi 1 1 Herdsmen 2 9 Shrovetide Conversations 3 12 The Message of the Specter 4 17 An Angel Appears 5 22 The Phantoms of the Night 6 26 The People of the Night 7 35 Music of Unearthly Beauty 8 39 The Miracle of the Bones 9 47 The Good Society Page vi 10 72 Wuotas 11 82 Healing and Prophecy 12 89 Witches' Flight 13 99 Heuber 14 105 Witch Hunt 15 118 Peasant Rebellion 16 128 Folk Beliefs 17 142 Shamanism 18 146 Bricolage 19 152 Private Revelations 20 157 The End of the Dreamtime Notes 161 Index 195
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