The story of witches Folklore, history and superstition
Book - 2025
"Meet here the witch in many guises: from shapeshifting hares to Baba Yaga, the atrocities of the Witch Trials to the advent of Wicca, journey through these pages as we explore the compelling and enigmatic story of the witch."--Back cover.
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| Location | Call Number | Status | |
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| 2nd Floor New Shelf | 133.4309/Winsham | (NEW SHELF) | Due Jun 9, 2025 |
- Subjects
- Published
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London :
Batsford
25 cm
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Item Description
- "Dedicated to witches everywhere--past, present and future"--Title page.
- Physical Description
- 192 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-183) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781849949064
- Introduction: The World of the Witch
- From Hekate to Baba Yaga: Witches of Fairy Tale, Myth and Legend
- Goddess of Witches: The Many Faces of Hekate
- Double, Double, Toil and Trouble: The Witches of Macbeth
- From Dame Gothel to Hansel and Gretel: Witches in Folk and Fairy Tales
- The Witch with the Chicken-legged Hut Baba Yaga
- Milk Magic: Butter Stealing and Milk Thieves
- I Shall Go Into a Hare: The Hare and the Witch
- From Alewives to the Wicked Witch of the West: Why Do Witches Wear Pointed Hats?
- Perchta the Belly Slitter and other midwinter Witches
- The Witch Among Us: The Witch Trials and Beyond
- Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch To Live
- The Hammer of Witches: Malleus Maleficarum
- Baby Fat and Sex with Satan: The Witches' Sabbath
- In the Devil's Name
- From Midsummer to Halloween: When Witches Meet
- Taking to the Skies: Witches and Broomsticks
- Pricking and Swimming: A Discovery of Witches
- Imps and Demons: The Witch's Familiar
- Protection and Charms: How to Foil a Witch
- Scratch the Witch
- The Witch Cult and Beyond: The many Paths of the Witch Today
- Margaret Murray and the myth of the Witch Cult
- The Advent of Wicca
- Robert Cochrane and Traditional Witchcraft
- The mother of modern Witchcraft: Doreen Valiente
- King of the Witches: Alexandrian Wicca
- Dianic Wicca
- The Reclaiming Tradition: Starhawk and The Spiral dance
- Solitary Practitioners: The Way of the Hedge Witch
- Maiden, Mother, Crone: The Great Goddess
- From Cernunnos to the Green man: The Horned God
- The Wheel of the Year
- Gerald Gardner and Operation Cone of Power
- A Dark Heritage: Remembering Our Witches
- Acknowledgements
- Select Bibliography
- Index