The "pact with the devil" is a cultural motif that keeps coming back in stories. The legend of Faust is a good example, but not the oldest: it took inspiration from other stories, such as the legend of Theophilus. In this episode, I tell you some of these stories. We will also discover the real, historical figures that inspired them (Theophilus, Johann Faust, Pope Sylvester II, Saemundr Sigfússon...), and the firm belief in the existence of such pacts, that were often invoked in witchcraft trials from the Middle Ages to the Seventeenth Century. As an example, I tell you the story of the Loudun Possessions, one of the last and most spectacular witchcraft trials in France.
Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.
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Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself