The Witch figure
By: folklore essays by a group of scholars in England honouring the 75th birthday of Katharine M. Briggs. Edited by Venetia Newall.
Contributors: Briggs, Katharine Mary.; Newall, Venetia, ed.
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul; Routledge & Kegan Paul Books
Published: 1973
Place of publication: London; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Briggs, Katharine Mary; Witchcraft; Magic
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Michaelis-Jena, R. Katharine M. Briggs.; title: Blacker, C. Animal witchcraft in Japan.; title: Davidson, H. R. E. Hostile magic in the Icelandic sagas.; title: Dean-Smith, M. The ominous wood.; title: Grinsell, L. V. Witchcraft at some prehistoric sites.; title: Hole, C. Some instances of image-magic in Great Britain.; title: Newall, V. The Jew as a witch figure.; title: Parrinder, G. The witch as victim.; title: Ross, A. The divine hag of the pagan Celts.; title: Simpson, J. Olaf Tryggvason versus the powers of darkness.; title: White, B. Cain's kin.; title: Widdowson, J. The witch as a frightening and threatening figure.; title: Publications by Katharine M. Briggs (p. 221)