The Story of Witches
Batsford (Verlag)
978-1-84994-906-4 (ISBN)
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Delve into the beguiling history of witches and uncover a fascinating world laden with myth, magic and superstition.
The Story of Witches offers a tantalising insight into the dark past and modern fascination with the occult in its many forms. Demonic and deviant or liberated and revered, witches have cast a compelling spell over the cultural zeitgeist for hundreds of years, often occupying a space at the forefront of art and culture. In this enchantingly illustrated book, Willow Winsham separates fact from fiction by exploring the demonisation and reclamation of witches throughout history.
The book is split into three chapters:
1. Witches of Myth and Legend
2. Witch Trials and Witch Beliefs
3. The Wheel of the Year
From witch queens of fairy and folk tales and the Bell Witch Haunting, to the Witches' Sabbath and the Green Witch, this book chronicles the spellbinding and varied forms that witches have taken across history.
Willow Winsham is a historian of witchcraft, specialising in English witchcraft cases. She is author of Accused: British Witches Throughout History and England’s Witchcraft Trials. She is co-founder of #FolkloreThursday, a popular website and X account that brings fascinating tales and traditions from all corners of the globe to its followers every Thursday. She is based in Derbyshire.
Part One: From Hecate to Baba Yaga - Witches of Fairytale, Myth and Legend
Goddess of Witches: The Many Faces of Hecate
NicNevin: Scottish Witch Queen
Hubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble: The Witches of Macbeth
From Mother Gothel to Snow White: Witches in Folk and Fairy Tales
The Witch with the Chicken Legged Hut: Baba Yaga
Milk Magic: Butter Stealing and Milk Thieves
Milk Hares and Troll Cats
Witches and Hares
From Ale Wives to The Wicked Witch of the West: Why do Witches Wear Pointed Hats?
‘Tis the Season: The Witches of Christmas
Perchta
Frau Holle
La Befana
Gryla
Part Two: The Witch Amongst Us - The Witch Trials and Beyond
Thou Shalt Not Suffer A Witch To Live
The Hammer of Witches: Malleus Maleficarum
Babyfat and Sex with Satan: The Witches’ Sabbath
From Midsummer to Halloween: When Witches Meet
The Witches Sabbath Continued.
In the Name of the Devil
Taking to the Skies: Witches and Broomsticks
Pricking and Swimming: A Discovery of Witches
Swimming a Witch
Witch Pricking
Searching for Teats
Waking and Walking
Weighing against the Bible
Touch Test
Reciting the Lord’s Prayer
Making a Witch Cake
Imps and Demons: The Witch and Her Familiars
Protection and Charms: How to Foil a Witch.
Iron
Scratch the Witch
Fire
Words and Charms and gestures
Born lucky
Trees and Plants
Witch Bottles
Part Three: From Wicca to X – The Many Faces of The Witch Today
The History of Wicca:
Margaret Murray and the Myth of the Witch Cult
Witchcraft Today: The Advent of Wicca and Beyond
Boxout: The Mother of Modern Witchcraft: Doreen Valiente
Boxout: The Fraudulent Mediums Act: An historicfreedom for Wicca
King of the Witches: Alexandrian Wicca
Dianic Wicca.
Starhawk and The Reclaiming Tradition
Wicca in Practice:
The Wiccan Rede
Maiden, Mother, Crone: The Great Goddess
The Solitary Witch: Hedge Witches.
The Horned God
The Wheel of the Year
The Thinning of the Veil: Samhain
Burning the Yule Log: Yule
In the Belly: Imbolc
New Life: Ostara
Welcoming the Sun: Beltane
The Longest Day: Litha
Start of the Harvest: Lughnasadh
Gerald Gardner and Operation Cone of Power
Harvest Home: Mabon
The Power of the Moon: Esbats
A Dark Heritage: Remembering Our Witches
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 13.3.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 16 2-colour illustrations |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84994-906-9 / 1849949069 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84994-906-4 / 9781849949064 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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