Americana bei Jean Bodin und Johann Fischart, Hexen bei Jean de Léry

Abstract The scope of Early Modern Demonology is universal, for the perceived threat devil omnipresent, stretching through time and space. This article examines various utilizations description central south American indigenous peoples in demonological discourse. By means three closely related examples, I will demonstrate discursive conflation deviant behavior Europe America comparisons transferences: Jean Bodin’s Démonomanie des Sorciers (1580), its German translation by Johann Fischart (1581/1586), de Léry’s writings, especially his Histoire d’un voyage (1578/1585). Within this nexus, Léry compares Indigenes to European Catholics, whereas Bodin them witches - completes argumentative triangle calling Catholics be held accountable comparable acts same way as witches.