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Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 6 : The Twentieth Century
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blécourt, Yseult de, 1951-
- Series:
- History of Witchcraft and Magic in Europe
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Magic--Europe--History--To 1500.
- Magic--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Witchcraft--Europe--History--To 1500.
- Local Subjects:
- Magic--Europe--History--To 1500.
- Magic--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Witchcraft--Europe--History--To 1500.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Continuum International Publishing, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Witchcraft continues to play a role in the modern European imagination and in its cultures. This book brings together studies of its most important modern manifestations. The volume includes a major new history of the origins and development of English 'Wicca', an account of satanic abuse mythology in the Twentieth Century and a survey of the continued existence of traditional witchcraft.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; Introduction; PART 1: MODERN PAGAN WITCHCRAFT; Section 1: The Background to Pagan Witchcraft; Section 2: The History of Pagan Witchcraft; PART 2: SATANISM AND SATANIC MYTHOLOGY; Section 1: The History of the Idea of Satan and Satanism; Section 2: Satanism and Pseudo-Satanist Groups; Section 3: Heathenism/Odinism; Section 4: Satanic Abuse Mythology; PART 3: THE WITCH, HER VICTIM, THE UNWITCHER, AND THE RESEARCHER: THE CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF TRADITIONAL WITCHCRAFT; Traces of Bewitchment; Studies of Witchcraft; Types of Witchcraft; The Researcher's Position; Journalists and Folklorists
- Sliedrecht, 1926Folklore Indexes; Legend Repertoires; Gendered Legends; Witchcraft in Court; Sarzbuttel, 1954; The Power of the Unwitcher; Active Bewitchments; The Evil Eye; Mayenne, 1970; Spatial Dimensions; Cultures of Witchcraft; Witchcraft Conflicts; The End of Witchcraft?; Future Research; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9786613197412
- 9781283197410
- 1283197413
- 9780567396501
- 0567396509
- OCLC:
- 745865993
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