Aufhocker : Quand l’identité Alien d’un de nos corps-fantômes se porte sur le dos
Aufhocker: The Alien Identity of One of Our Phantom-Bodies carried on the Back
Author(s): Fabio ArmandSubject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai
Keywords: Aufhocker; Experiential Narrative Imaginaries; Neurocognitive Anthropology; Alien Identity; Intentionality; Agentivity; Temporo-Parietal Junction;
Summary/Abstract: Within the framework of the most recent advances in the BRAINCUBUS model of neurocognitive anthropology, we will analyze the transcultural narrative motif of the Aufhocker (F472. Huckauf. A goblin which jumps on one’s back). From the Alps to the Himalayas, we will track down experiential encounters with numerous supernatural beings who jump on the backs of humans and are carried away with all their crushing heaviness. We recognize these supernatural beings as neurally real phantom-body connectomes, generated by the activation of the Temporo-Parietal Junction in the left hemisphere of the human brain.
Journal: Caietele Echinox
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 41
- Page Range: 85-99
- Page Count: 15
- Language: French
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