The Witch Figure: Folklore Essays by a Group of Scholars in England Honouring the 75th Birthday of Katharine M. Briggs

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Venetia Newall
Psychology Press, 2004 - 256 ページ

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 include: Carmen Blacker, H.R. Ellis Davidson, Margaret Dean-Smith, L.V. Grinsell, Christina Hole, Venetia Newall, Geoffrey Parrinder, Anne Ross, Jacqueline Simpson, Beatrice White, John Widdowson.
Originally published in 1973.

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Hostile Magic in the Icelandic Sagas
20
The Ominous Wood
42
Witchcraft at some Prehistoric Sites
72
The Jew as a Witch Figure 95 56
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The Witch as Victim
125
The Divine Hag of the Pagan Celts
139
Olaf Tryggvason versus the Powers of Darkness
165
Cains Kin
188
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