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*'''[[Medieval revenant]]s''', stories of undead from medieval chroniclers ==In philosophy==

...the exact scope and methodology of philosophy is not rigid. What counts as philosophy is itself debated, and it varies across philosophical traditions. ..., many of the speculations of early philosophers in the field of [[natural philosophy]] eventually formed the basis for modern scientific explanations on a varie

...eek Apollyon, in Hebrew Abaddon, that is destroying and wasting'', "Occult Philosophy", Book 3, Chapter 18 [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0486447170/sr=1-2/qi *In medieval myth Abaddon was considered as a synonym for Hell and/or the ruler thereof,

...n of storms, shipwrecks, and natural disasters (particularly volcanos). In Medieval Christian art, the chimera appears as a symbol of Satanic forces. *There is a philosophy known as "Chimaeran Philosophy," named for its three cornerstones or heads that have almost no relation to

...rich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling|F. W. J. Schelling]]'s ''Introduction to Philosophy and Mythology'', "Mythological representations have been neither invented n ...d without itself being part of a body of myths ([[Cupid and Psyche]]). The medieval romance in particular plays with this process of turning myth into literatu

...'' refers to both an early [[protoscience|protoscientific]] and an early [[philosophy|philosophical]] discipline, both combining elements of [[chemistry]], metal ...is of interest mainly to [[history of science|historians of science]] and philosophy, and for its mystic, esoteric, and artistic aspects. Nevertheless, alchemy

...n different places at the same time, but according to the tradition of the medieval witches' Sabbath, two conclusions can be reached: either Devil can be in di ...(1843), translated by Sossnitz, I. (1926), The Kabbalah, or, The Religious Philosophy of the Hebrews, Part Two, Chapter IV, "Continuation of The Analysis of The

In modern and late Medieval Christian thought, '''Lucifer''' is a [[fallen angel]] commonly associated ...e sun— he the pale death of the Saracens, Nicephorus the ruler."'' [http://medieval.ucdavis.edu/20A/Luitprand.html]

...ative and famous depiction of hell can be viewed in several paintings by [[medieval]] [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]] [[Hieronymus Bosch]]. *[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/heaven-hell/ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Heaven and Hell]

**Zone 2: Antenora is named for Antenor of Troy, who according to medieval tradition betrayed his city to the Greeks. Traitors to political entities, ...y Saint James, and love by Saint John the Evangelist. Dante justifies his medieval belief in astrology that the power of constellations draw themselves from G

..." the name is probably derived from the Anglo-Norman language ''gobelin'' (medieval Latin ''gobelinus''), which is probably a diminutive of ''Gobel'', a name r The goblin society lives by the philosophy that "the strong preys upon the weak." This shabby tribal unit is usually c

...ts as being perfectly in keeping with the continued evolvement of [[Jewish philosophy|Jewish thought]] over a period of several [[Millennium|millennia]]. Some medieval Christian philosophers were influenced by the views of Maimonides, and acce