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Psychosocial Consequences Among Witch-hunting Survivors: A Qualitative Study from Jharkhand, India [PDF]
Indian Journal of Psychological MedicineBackground: Witch-hunting is an evil practice and part of the culture of many marginalized groups in India and globally. The unethical ways of barbarity against women happening in the name of the witch-hunting practice is another face of gender-based ...
Alagarsami A.R. +2 more
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Puritan Projections in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s "The Scarlet Letter" and Stephen King’s "Carrie" [PDF]
English Studies at NBU, 2021 It is considered that the Puritans that populated New England in the 17th century left a distinctive mark on the American culture. The article explores some projections of Puritan legacy in two American novels of different periods – Nathaniel Hawthorne’s
Maria Anastasova
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Sorbian-Eastern Slavic Parallels from the Field of Folk Demonology
Славянский мир в третьем тысячелетии, 2022 This article examines the demonological beliefs of the Lusatians that correspond with beliefs among the Eastern Slavs. In the East Slavic region, there is a chain of related beliefs all the way to the Russian North-West. This is a chain of archaic areas:
Aleksandr Gura
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The Witch of Agnesi: Thematic Fulcrum for a Shared Learning Path in the Classroom
Education Sciences, 2022 In this article, we propose an educational path to learn mathematics in the framework of the European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students (ERASMUS) project developed in an Italian high school class on the topic of the ...
Giuseppe Canepa +2 more
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Journal of Literature and Humanities, 2023 Sarah Daniels’ın Byrthrite adlı oyunu on yedinci yüzyıl İngiltere’sinde geçer. Oyunun geçtiği dönemde Avrupa’da “cadı” olarak yaftalanan kadınlar, büyü yaparak insanlara zarar vermekle itham edilirdi.
Esra Ünlü Çimen
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Co różni Babcochę od czarownicy z wyobrażeń dzieci?
Paidia i Literatura, 2022 Artykuł poświęcono językowemu i kulturowemu obrazowi bohaterki powieści Justyny Bednarek pt. Babcocha. Bohaterkę opowieści porównano do stereotypu czarownicy, który został odtworzony z konceptualizacji dziecięcych w językowym obrazie świata dzieci w ...
Bernadeta Niesporek-Szamburska
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e Confession of an Enchantress: Memorial and Ethnocultural Valences of the World of the Real Intertwined With at of the Magical Imaginary [PDF]
Dialogica: Revistă de Studii Culturale și Literatură, 2023 The memorial sources provide relevant information about the lives and personalities of the characters mentioned, while also shedding light on controversial issues concerning the role of the Enchantresses in folk culture and medicine.
Valentin ARAPU
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Making a Witch: Inquisitor Manuals and the Collective Imaginary in Early Modern Europe
ILCEA, 2022 The period from the end of the sixteenth century to the middle of the seventeenth century is one of the most interesting in the history of witchcraft in Catholic Europe. There were an increasing number of trials, legal orders, and punishments.
María Jesús Zamora Calvo
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The Sanctuaries for Witch-hunt Victims in Northern Ghana
Modern Africa, 2018 Witch-hunts in Ghana’s Northern Region occur mainly among neighbours and members of the extended family. Triggers for accusations are disease, death and accidents. With many exceptions, the accused are postmenopausal women.
Felix Riedel
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Le jeu de la parodie dans Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her de Susan Griffin
Itinéraires, 2022 In this paper, I will study an excerpt from Woman and Nature (1978) by Susan Griffin reprinted in the 2016 collection Reclaim to show how the author condemns patriarchal and ecocidal discourse while implementing an ecofeminist practice of language.
Marion Coste
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