The Witch Figure: Folklore essays by a group of scholars in by Venetia Newall PDF

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By Venetia Newall

Katharine Briggs enjoys an unchallenged recognition on the planet of folklore stories. The subject matter of this quantity, the witch determine as a malevolent middleman in folks trust, was once selected to mirror that element of Briggs's scholarship exemplified in her examine of witchcraft, faded Hecate's Team.
The individuals draw at the disciplines of archaeology, comparative faith, sociology and literature and comprise: Carmen Blacker, H.R. Ellis Davidson, Margaret Dean-Smith, L.V. Grinsell, Christina gap, Venetia Newall, Geoffrey Parrinder, Anne Ross, Jacqueline Simpson, Beatrice White, John Widdowson.
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