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Čarovništvo – diskurz ali praksa?
Studia Mythologica Slavica, 2020 This paper challenges a generally accepted view that witchcraft is always a matter of discourse, and the witch a fictitious person who is ascribed bewitchment but, in fact, performed none. It discusses the hints that point to bewitchments being, at least
Mirjam Mencej
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ILCEA, 2022 This work considers the prophetic revelation that announces the arrival of an archaic Mother-goddess and the subsequent end of patriarchy in the film Witching and Bitching by Álex de la Iglesia.
Yenisey Rodríguez Cabrera
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The witches and the witch: Verdi's Macbeth [PDF]
Cambridge Opera Journal, 2005 The witches in Shakespeare’s Macbeth equivocate between the demons of random malevolence and ordinary (if exceptionally nasty) old women; and both King James I, whose book on witchcraft may have influenced Shakespeare, and A. W. Schlegel, whose essay on Macbeth certainly influenced Verdi, also stress this ambiguity.
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Storm Power, an Icy Tower and Elsa’s Bower: The Winds of Change in Disney’s Frozen
Social Sciences, 2018 In Disney’s box office sensation Frozen (2013), Elsa conjures powers rivaling those of Zeus, which is an echo of the shifting gender dynamics at the time of the film’s release.
Lauren Dundes +2 more
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Lo strano caso delle streghe di Sicilia: donne de fora, streghe, fate e guaritrici (XVI‑XIX sec.)
ILCEA, 2022 The “donne de fora (Ladies from outside)” were specific figures that only appeared in the Sicilian trials of the Spanish and Ecclesiastical courts, and in the folkloric tradition.
Claudia Geremia
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The Supernatural Beings of Belief Legends – Old Fears in a New Context
Studia Mythologica Slavica, 2020 This paper examines the use of belief legends about witches, werewolves, and fairies at open-air festivals in Croatia today. At such events, traditions based on belief legends are invented with the idea of enriching local tourism not only as a source of ...
Luka Šešo
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Harm Reduction Journal, 2005 Abstract Beginning two years ago, the US Dept of Health and Human Services began "special reviews" of all current research grants that involved harm reduction, sex and drugs, and continues its ban on funding of needle exchange. With Bush's second term, the campaign was extended to all US funded international programs that dealt with these ...
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Fééries, 2020 In the biblical context Herodias is a famous figure, wife of Herod Antipas, that demanded the execution of John the Baptist. At the same time, her daughter Salome, known for her famous dance, appears under the same name.
Stamatios Zochios
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Research in Agricultural Sciences, 2023 During survey, 12 Jackal jujube plant samples showing the symptoms of witches’ broom disease were collected from the Shivamogga district of Karnataka, India, between 2017 and 2018. The causal agent associated with Jackal jujube witches’ broom disease was
C. N. Lakshmınarayana Reddy +5 more
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Exchanges, 2020 This article will show the importance of cannibalism in the description of the sabbath among the Basques, in the Tableau de l'inconstance des mauvais anges et démons, written by Pierre De Lancre.
Matteo Leta
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