10.17192/mjr.2000.5.3755 Dyrendal, Asbjørn Asbjørn Dyrendal Fanden er løs! En utviklingshistorisk fremstilling av "satanisme" som moderne ondskapsforestilling. Marburg Journal of Religion : Vol 5 No 1 (2000) Philipps-Universität Marburg 2000 Institute for Comparative Cultural Research - Study of Religions and Anthropology 2015-08-25 2015-08-25 en JournalArticle https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0004/2000/125/3755 urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0004-2000-125-37552 https://doi.org/10.17192/mjr.2000.5.1 https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0004/2000/125/3755/3755.png 1612-2941 application/pdf This essay traces the development of some of the central ideas behind the 1980s and 1990s Satanism scare. In the first part of the essay I trace some of the ideas that were disseminated in Norway in 1991-1992 back to their (primarily) American origins in different professions and ideologies. Some of the ideas, such as the "brainwashing" motif and the framework of a dangerous, subversive movement are well-established in "traditional" American subversion myths. Others seem to have been shaped around interpretations of troubling events or claims in popular books. In the essay, I emphasize the interplay between the ideas brought up by interest groups and by ideologists as well as the interplay between highly profiled events and later allegations. 1612-2941 Marburg Journal of Religion Vol 5 No 1 (2000)