María Tausiet
María Tausiet is a cultural historian specializing in beliefs and emotions. She has published thirteen books and more than eighty articles on topics such as witchcraft, magic, ghosts, purgatory, and the concept of immortality in religious and fantastical representations of the afterlife. In the field of anthropology, she has conducted research on allegorical languages, popular festivals, and various literary and cinematic mythographies.
Some of her most recent books include Mary Poppins. Magic, Legend, Myth (Madrid, Abada, 2018), Symbolic India. The Body and the Moon (Madrid, Tres Hermanas, 2022), Minerva Sleeps. Five Centuries of Extraordinary Beings in Aragon (Zaragoza, IFC, 2024), Forms of Love (Zaragoza, IFC), A Thousand and One Ghosts (Zaragoza, IFC, 2026), and Enigmatic Body (Seville, Renacimiento, 2026).