1st Edition
The Witch Figure Folklore essays by a group of scholars in England honouring the 75th birthday of Katharine M. Briggs
Edited By Venetia Newall
Copyright 2004
258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
260 Pages
by
Routledge
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Katharine Briggs enjoys an unchallenged reputation in the world of folklore studies. The theme of this volume, the witch figure as a malevolent intermediary in folk belief, was chosen to reflect that aspect of Briggs's scholarship exemplified in her study of witchcraft, Pale Hecate's Team. The contributors draw on the disciplines of archaeology, comparative religion, sociology and literature and... Read more
1. Carmen Blacker Animal Witchcraft in Japan 2. H.R. Ellis Hostile Magic in the Icelandic Sagas 3. Margaret Dean-Smith The Ominous Wood 4. L.V. Grinsell Witchcraft at some Prehistoric Sites 5. Christina Hole Some Instances of Image-Magic in Great Britain 6. Venetia Newall The Jew as a Witch Figure 7. Geoffrey Parrinder The Witch as Victim 8. Anne Ross The Divine Hag of the Pagan Celts 9. Jacqueline Simpson Olaf Tryggvason versus the Powers of Darkness 10. Beatrice White Cain's Kin 11. John Widdowson The Witch as a Frightening and Threatening Figure
Biography
Venetia Newall
