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Throughout history the figure of the witch has embodied both male nightmare and female fantasy. While early modern women used belief and ritual to express and manage powerful feelings, the symbols and images surrounding the witch in the New World largely distorted the European views of Native... read more
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- Early Modern Europe
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Here is a story. Once upon a time, there was a woman who lived on the edge of a village.
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- Diane Purkiss (Author)
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- Dewey: 133.4309
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- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › Mythology › Folklore
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Occult › Alchemy
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Earth-Based Religions › Wicca
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Earth-Based Religions › Witchcraft
- Books › Nonfiction › Women's Studies › History
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