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Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits

Hardcover • 2005 • English

Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits

By Emma Wilby

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

This book contains the first comprehensive examination of popular familiar belief in early modern Britain. It provides an in-depth analysis of the correlation between early modern British magic and tribal shamanism, examines the experiential dimension of popular magic and witchcraft in early modern Britain, and explores the links between British fairy beliefs and witch beliefs. In the hundreds of confessions relating to witchcraft and sorcery trials in early modern Britain there are detailed des...Show more

Book details

ISBN

9781845190781

Publisher

Sussex Academic Press

Published year

2005

Language

English

Original title

Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits

Format

Hardcover

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