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Folklore --- Legends --- Werewolves --- History.

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Nostalgiefilter aus, Forschungsbrille auf: Wenn Fans zu Forschenden werden, sind Grenzüberschreitungen inklusive. Citizen Science ermöglicht diesen Seiten- und Perspektivwechsel, der sowohl in der Wissenschaft als auch in der Bürger:innenschaft zu einem produktiven Wissens- und Erfahrungsaustausch führt. Unter dem Titel #KultOrtDUS arbeiten Medien- und Kulturwissenschaftler der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf gemeinsam mit Bürger:innen an dem Aufbau eines Archivs der Medienkulturgeschichte Düsseldorfs. Düsseldorf als Zentrum von Punkmusik, New Wave und Aktionskunst fungiert dabei als urbanen Forschungsfeld, auf dem die Disziplin der "Citizen Science" wissenschaftspraktisch ausprobiert wird. Die Publikation fasst erste Ergebnisse dieses Forschungsprojekts zusammen, indem sie sich auf die Spurensuche zwischen Fans, Prosumer:innen, Bürger:innen und Urban Legends begibt und Perspektiven der Citizen Science- an die Fanforschung anknüpft. Den wissenschaftlichen Meta-Diskurs begleitet ein illustrativ-experimenteller Ansatz, der das kreative Potenzial aus der Forschung im Umfeld von Citizen Science sichtbar macht. When fans become researchers, crossing boundaries is part of it. Citizen science makes it possible to change sides and perspectives, which can lead to productive exchanges of knowledge and experience in scholarship and society. This volume discusses the possibilities and limits of citizen science in media and cultural studies, and is the first to bring together the two disciplines of citizen science and fan research.

Citizen science. --- fan research. --- oral history. --- urban legends.

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In 1636 sightings of the ghost of an old woman are reported in Minehead, and a royal commission is sent to investigate. In 1640 a disgraced Protestant bishop is hanged in Dublin, after being convicted of an 'unspeakable crime'. Marshall sets out to uncover the link between these seemingly unconnected events.

Legends --- Ghost stories, English --- English ghost stories --- English fiction --- Folk tales --- Traditions --- Urban legends --- Folklore --- History --- Atherton, John, --- Scandals --- Bishops --- Ghosts

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"Xuanzang (600/602-664) was one of the most accomplished and consequential monks in the history of East Asian Buddhism. Celebrated for his sixteen-year pilgrimage from China to India, his transmission and translation of hundreds of Buddhist texts, and his training of a generation of masters in China, Korea, and Japan, Xuanzang's life and legacy are the stuff of legend. In the centuries after his death, stories of his epic adventures and extraordinary accomplishments circulated in texts, images, songs, and plays. These mythic accounts recast the erudite pilgrim, translator, and court cleric as a magical monk who traveled not between China and India but between heaven and earth. Beset by bloodthirsty demons, this deified version of Xuanzang navigates the perilous paths of the netherworld to reach a pure land in the west. His purpose is to acquire a cache of sacred scriptures with the power to safeguard the living and deliver the dead. Along the way, he is guided and protected by a mischievous monkey, a lazy pig, a demonic monk, and a dragon horse. This imaginative and compelling tale received its fullest and most influential treatment in the famous sixteenth-century novel Journey to the West. In this engaging exploration of the confluence of myth, narrative, and ritual, Benjamin Brose uncovers the hidden histories of Xuanzang's many afterlives. Beginning in the eleventh century and continuing to the present day, devotees have summoned Xuanzang and his band of misfit pilgrims to perform exorcisms, guide the spirits of the dead, and possess the bodies of insurgents. Embodying Xuanzang traces the postmortem travels of China's greatest pilgrim and reveals the narrative and performative roots of China's best-known novel"--

Buddhist legends --- Buddhism --- Rituals. --- Xuanzang, --- Wu, Cheng'en, --- Legends. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Buddhism. --- China. --- Daoism. --- India. --- Journey to the West. --- Myth. --- Pilgrimage. --- Popular Religion. --- Ritual. --- Xuanzang.

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In Chinese legend, the princess Miaoshan defied her father by refusing to marry and pursued her austere religious vocation to the death, but returned to life to be his saviour and the saviour of all mankind. This work examines sources, development and a range of interpretations of the legend.

Buddhist legends --- Miaoshan --- Miao-shan --- Avalokiteśvara --- Miaoshan (Legendary character) --- S13A/0400 --- S13A/0402 --- S16/0475 --- China: Religion--Popular religion: general --- China: Religion--Mythology (incl. pantheon, ghosts, myths and legends) --- China: Literature and theatrical art--Popular literature (incl. fairy tales, legends) --- Miaoshan (Legendary character). --- Legends --- Avalokite�svara --- Cult