The Witch Figure : Folklore essays by a group of scholars in England honouring the 75th birthday of Katharine M. Briggs

ISBN-13: 9780415330749 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 239 str.

Venetia Newall

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Venetia Newall