6th International conference “Demonology as a semiotic system” (RSUH, May 19-21, 2020)

Abstract

The sixth international conference “Demonology as a semiotic system” was held at the Russian State University for the Humanities, on May 19-21, 2020. Once every two years, it becomes a scientific forum for folklorists, ethnolinguists, anthropologists, historians, culturologists and other specialists who study the “lower” level of mythology. The aims of the conference include the exchange of experience gained in the study of various data: ancient texts, medieval literature, ethnographic sources of the 19^th - 20^th centuries, the new field interview. The theme of that event is demonological plots and motives, nominations of mythological characters, their visual images, ritual forms of communication with spirits, social practices of various cultures and eras connected with witchcraft.