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Bengt af Klintberg

Born

in Stockholm, Sweden

December 25, 1938

Genre

Nonfiction, Poetry, Etnology

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A Swedish ethnologist who has become known for his work on modern urban legends and reached a large audience with his books Råttan i pizzan ("The Rat in the Pizza", first edition published in 1986) and Den stulna njuren ("The Stolen Kidney", first published in 1994).

Klintberg was also co-host (with Christina Mattsson, head of the Nordic Museum) of "Folkminnen" ("Popular memories" or "Oral traditions") a long-running radio show, which encouraged listeners to write letters describing or asking questions about the origin or significance of local legends, games, customs or other folklore. After 750 weekly installations on Swedish national public radio channel P1, the last in the series was broadcast in January 2005.

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Bengt af Klintberg’s books

Average rating: 3.41 · 497 ratings · 36 reviews · 46 distinct works • Similar authors

	Råttan i pizzan: Folksägner i vår tid 3.44 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 1986 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Den stulna njuren 3.34 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Glitterspray 3.18 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Svenska folksägner really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1977 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Svenska trollformler 3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1965 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blodet isar by Bengt af Klintberg, Emelie Östergren 3.36 avg rating — 14 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vänster hand och motsols: magiska riter från förr 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pelle Plutt : ramsor och rim från gator och gårdar by Bengt af Klintberg, Eva Eriksson (Illustrator) 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1983 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vår tids folkkultur 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Påskharen: folklore om årets dagar, månens fläckar och nedpålade döda 3.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Det välkända ”hokus pokus” anses dock allmänt vara en förvrängning av de latinska orden i nattvardens instiftelseformel, ”hoc est corpus (meum)”=”detta är min lekamen”, liksom en fullständigare formel ”– filiokus” skulle komma av ”filioque” eller ”filii (=sonens) corpus”. En annan uppfattning är att den bildats ur trollformeln ”Hax pax max Deus adimax”, som började uppträda på 1500-talet. I Danmark och Sverige möter man varianten ”Pax fax max”.”
― Bengt af Klintberg, Svenska trollformler

tags: folktro, historia, hokus-pokus, språk

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“Genom tillämpningar av alfabetsmagin bildades tidigt ett stort antal trollord, som sedan visat stor livskraft. Mest känt är ”ABRACADABRA”, vars ursprung visserligen är omtvistat men sannolikt utgörs av de fyra första bokstäverna i det grekiska alfabetet, skrivna ”a-ba-ga-da”. (En spridd uppfattning är även att det bildats av namnet Abraxas, mera känt i formen Abrasax, som återfinns på amuletter långt in i medeltiden.”
― Bengt af Klintberg, Svenska trollformler

tags: abrakadabra, folktro, historia, språk

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