*** Dr. VEHRER ADÉL néprajzkutató *** GENERÁCIÓK-NÉPI KULTÚRA-HAGYOMÁNYOZÁS

Civic Re­view, Vol. 14, Spe­cial Issue, 2018, 411-423, DOI: 10.24307/psz.2018.0426

https://eng.polgariszemle.hu/current-publication/148-religious-policy-history-and-ideologies/930-taltos-witch-incubus-succubus-and-other-beings-in-hungarian-folklore-and-mythology

Summary

The study of Hungarian people’s folk beliefs has long been a major field of research in ethnography. Studies focus on rural people’s theories of the functioning of the world, mythological figures and people with supernatural powers. In folk culture this worldview and knowledge was passed from generation to generation up until the second half of the 20th century. However, hardly any of these mythological figures have survived in the public mind. This is exactly why research in this topic and a summary of the previous achievements are important, and this study will raise a few typical and important questions.

Keywords: folklore, Hungarian mythology, supernatural beings