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Katarína Nádaská: Dejiny čarodejníctva | Žilina
Katarína Nádaská: The History of Witchcraft | Žilina
Event by: Zbystri
Location: Nová synagóga Žilina, J. M. Hurbana 220/11, Žilina
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Topics: History
About event
Who was the witch and what news about them has history left us. What is the essence of magic and what types of magic did our ancestors know?
What is the history of magical thinking? What was group witchcraft and why did wizards meet on sabbaths? How were witches' potions and ointments created and what was their essence? Why did they fly on a broom or a cap on the Sabbath? What was the usury and servitude? 🧙 🌔
Historian and ethnologist Katarína Nádaská will introduce you in detail to the history of belief in magic and its servants. 🪄 🧹
Mgr. Katarína Nádaská, PhD.
is an award-winning ethnologist and historian who specializes in religious ethnology, ethnomedicine, magic and demonology, Central European contexts of folk culture, and visual anthropology. She graduated from the Department of Ethnology - History at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Comenius University in Bratislava. She worked not only at her alma mater, but also at other universities. She completed several scientific internships at European universities, worked as a curator and literary historian at the Museum of the City of Bratislava and as a professional researcher at the Theater Institute in Bratislava. Currently, she works as an expert in the local government, provides historical consultancy for the field of mass media and film, lectures at several universities in Slovakia and abroad. She is the author of several monographs, scientific studies and popularization articles, as well as a co-author of ethnological film documentaries.
🗓 When: 19/5/2026
📍 Place: Nová Synagóga, Žilina
🎫 Price: 10 EUR, on site 12 EUR
BUY TICKETS HERE: bit.ly/Zbystri
CONFIRMATION OF PARTICIPATION HERE: bit.ly/potvernieoucati
What is the history of magical thinking? What was group witchcraft and why did wizards meet on sabbaths? How were witches' potions and ointments created and what was their essence? Why did they fly on a broom or a cap on the Sabbath? What was the usury and servitude? 🧙 🌔
Historian and ethnologist Katarína Nádaská will introduce you in detail to the history of belief in magic and its servants. 🪄 🧹
Mgr. Katarína Nádaská, PhD.
is an award-winning ethnologist and historian who specializes in religious ethnology, ethnomedicine, magic and demonology, Central European contexts of folk culture, and visual anthropology. She graduated from the Department of Ethnology - History at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Comenius University in Bratislava. She worked not only at her alma mater, but also at other universities. She completed several scientific internships at European universities, worked as a curator and literary historian at the Museum of the City of Bratislava and as a professional researcher at the Theater Institute in Bratislava. Currently, she works as an expert in the local government, provides historical consultancy for the field of mass media and film, lectures at several universities in Slovakia and abroad. She is the author of several monographs, scientific studies and popularization articles, as well as a co-author of ethnological film documentaries.
🗓 When: 19/5/2026
📍 Place: Nová Synagóga, Žilina
🎫 Price: 10 EUR, on site 12 EUR
BUY TICKETS HERE: bit.ly/Zbystri
CONFIRMATION OF PARTICIPATION HERE: bit.ly/potvernieoucati