Dybbuk
In
Etymology
Dybbuk comes from the Hebrew word דִּיבּוּק dibūq, meaning 'a case of attachment', which is a nominal form derived from the verb דָּבַק dāḇaq 'to adhere' or 'cling'.[5]
History
The term first appears in a number of 16th-century writings,[2][6] though it was ignored by mainstream scholarship until S. Ansky's 1920 play The Dybbuk popularised the concept in literary circles.[6] Earlier accounts of possession (such as that given by Josephus) were of demonic possession rather than that of ghosts.[7] These accounts advocated orthodoxy among the populace[2] as a preventative measure. Michał Waszyński's 1937 film The Dybbuk, based on the Yiddish play by S. Ansky, is considered one of the classics of Yiddish filmmaking.[8]
Rabbi
Traditionally, dybbuks tended to be male spirits who possessed women on the eve of their weddings, typically in a sexual fashion by entering the women through their vaginas, which is seen in Ansky's play.[9]
In psychological literature, the dybbuk has been described as a hysterical syndrome.[10]
See also
References
- ISBN 978-0812218626. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
Dibbuk – spirit of deceased person which has entered body of living person.
- ^ ISBN 978-0838636602.
- ^ "Dybbuk", Encyclopædia Britannica, retrieved 10 June 2009
- ^ Gershom Scholem. "Dibbuk". Encyclopaedia Judaica.
- ^ See A. Sáenz-Badillos & J. Elwolde, A History of the Hebrew Language, 1996, p. 187 on the qiṭṭūl pattern.
- ^ a b Spirit Possession in Judaism: Cases and Contexts from the Middle Ages to the Present, by Matt Goldish, p. 41, Wayne State University Press, 2003
- ^ a b Tree of Souls:The Mythology of Judaism, by Howard Schwartz, pp. 229–230, Oxford University Press, 2004
- The National Center for Jewish Film. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ Levin, Sala (28 October 2021). "Jewish Word: Dybbuk". Moment Magazine.
- PMID 2606645.
Further reading
- Chajes, J. H. (2011). Between Worlds: Dybbuks, Exorcists, and Early Modern Judaism. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0812221701.
- Elior, Rachel (2008). Dybbuks and Jewish Women in Social History, Mysticism and Folklore. Urim Publications. ISBN 978-9655240078.
- Peñalosa, Fernando (2012). The Dybbuk: Text, Subtext, and Context. CreateSpace Publishing. ISBN 978-1478357803.
- Peñalosa, Fernando (2012). Parodies of An-sky's "The Dybbuk". CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1477647721.
- Cutler, Yosl (March 2017). "The Dybbuk in the Form of a Crisis". In Geveb. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023.
External links
- "The Dybbuk" by Ansky Jewish Heritage Online Magazine
- "Dybbuk – Spiritual Possession and Jewish Folklore" by Jeff Belanger, Ghostvillage.com
- "Dybbuk", Encyclopædia Britannica
- Dibbuk short film teaser
- ডিব্বুক (Dybbuk) – Bengali horror fiction based on Dybbuk myth by Tamoghna Naskar. Publisher – Aranyamon Prokashoni https://www.aranyamon.com/
