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The witch in history : essays in honor of Katharine M. Briggs
Witch figure.
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- Creator
- edited by Venetia Newall
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York : Barnes & Noble Books, 1996
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 0760701237, 9780760701232
- OCLC
- ocm35314794
- "Originally published as The witch figure."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Katharine M. Briggs : an appreciation / R. Michaelis-Jena -- Animal witchcraft in Japan / C. Blacker -- Hostile magic in the Icelandic sagas / H. R. Ellis Davidson -- The ominous wood : an investigation into some traditionary sources of Milton's Comus / M. Dean-Smith -- Witchcraft at some prehistoric sites / L. V. Grinsell -- Some instances of image-magic in Great Britain / C. Hole -- The Jew as a witch figure / V. Newall -- The witch as victim / G. Parrinder -- The divine hag of the pagan Celts / A. Ross -- Olaf Tryggvason versus the powers of darkness / J. Simpson -- Cain's kin / B. White -- The witch as a frightening and threatening figure / J. Widdowson