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Witchcraft and Witchcraft Cleansing in Southern Zimbabwe
Anthropos, 2007 This article investigates the social mechanism of witchcraft in Hwali ward in Zimbabwe. It argues that the discourse of witchcraft is a local idiom and means to explain and control modern changes. The escalating witchcraft and antiwitchcraft practices can be seen as both explanatory and instrumental.
Zachrisson, Per
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, 2019 A chapter on witchcraft in film, one that appears in a book primarily about the history of the phenomenon clearly has a different purpose than the numerous treatments of witchcraft that appear in film studies and popular culture volumes. Thus, this chapter will consider several of the central themes thrown up by numerous depictions of witchcraft in ...
David Nash, Nash, David
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Witchcraft, violence and everyday life: an ethnographic study of Kinshasa [PDF]
, 2015 This thesis was submitted for the award of Doctor of Philosophy and was awarded by Brunel University LondonThe inhabitants of Kinshasa, who call themselves Kinois, deal with insecurity and violence on a daily basis.
De Faveri, Silvia
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, 2010 International audienceBy « witchcraft » I wish to designate any techniques of harmful magic, what the Hittites call alwanzatar. This paper is not supposed to be an exhaustive overview but rather a selection of some aspects of this practice.
Mouton, Alice, Witchcraft, Hittite
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Getting shot of elves: healing, witchcraft and fairies in the Scottish witchcraft trials [PDF]
, 2005 This paper re-examines the evidence of the Scottish witchcraft trials for beliefs associated by scholars with “elf-shot.” Some supposed evidence for elf-shot is dismissed, but other material illuminates the interplay between illness, healing and ...
Hall, A., Hall, Alaric
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Contrary to nature : Inuit conception of witchcraft
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1987 The present contribution to the phenomenology of witchcraft will depend for its data on the traditional conceptions, rites, and folklore of witchcraft among the Inuit (Eskimo) of Čanada and Greenland.
Daniel Merkur
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Witchcraft and witchcraft-related violence in AmaZizi chiefdom of kwaZangashe, Eastern Cape
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022 This article explores witchcraft-related violence against elderly women in the AmaZizi chiefdom of kwaZangashe in Eastern Cape, South Africa. The potential causes that have promoted such violence form the central subject of the study.
Nanette de Jong +1 more
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Biblical principles as an answer to the African people�s questioning of witchcraft
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2012 Witchcraft is still an enormous and serious issue in African culture. The media, including the entertainment component (e.g. African Magic programmes on satellite television), portray witchcraft as an issue that needs to be addressed. Witchcraft has in a
David K. Semenya, Rantoa Letsosa
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Children &Society, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract As a primary source for the early ages, picture books guide preschool children's gender perception through stories and illustrations. However, previous studies have criticised an overall gender inequality in children's picture books. Compared to the increasing attention on gender diversity in the UK picture book industry, there has been little
Yi Li, Melissa Terras, Yongning Li
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Religions, 2023 This article explores intersectionality of identities within Dalit and Adivasi traditions through a review of contemporary research on practices of witchcraft.
Jolanda Brunnekreef
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