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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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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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Bruxas: figuras de poder Witches: figures of power
Revista Estudos Feministas, 2005 As mulheres que tanto a história como a imaginação popular mitificaram como "bruxas" constituem figuras que expurgam as fobias da Contra Reforma. As bruxas foram torturadas e queimadas para sinalizar os perigos de práticas e saberes à margem da Igreja e ...
Paola Basso Menna Barreto Gomes Zordan
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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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Witch-Hunting and Witch Belief in the Gàidhealtachd [PDF]
, 2008 In 1727, an old woman from Loth in Sutherland was brought before a blazing fire in Dornoch. The woman, traditionally known as Janet Home, warmed herself, thinking the fire had been lit to take the chill from her bones and not, as was actually intended, to burn her to death. Or so the story goes.
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, 2021 High upon the cliffs of a remote Scottish island, there is a lighthouse that has weathered storms for centuries. Lòn Haven was meant to be safe. But for Liv Stay and her three daughters, strange things start to happen. The villagers say it's the work of
Cooke, C. J.
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Genome-Wide Identification and Analysis of MicroRNAs Involved in Witches'-Broom Phytoplasma Response in Ziziphus jujuba. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play an important role in responding to biotic and abiotic stresses in plants. Jujube witches'-broom a phytoplasma disease of Ziziphus jujuba is prevalent in China and is a serious problem to the industry.
Fenjuan Shao +4 more
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Abused, Neglected, Abandoned: Did Roald Dahl Hate Children as Much as the Witches Did? [PDF]
, 2021 Described as 'the world’s greatest storyteller', Roald Dahl is frequently ranked as the best children’s author of all time by teachers, authors and librarians.
Gildersleeve, Jessica +2 more
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CHRISTOPANGANISM: A RELIGION IN SEARCH OF RELEVANCE OR A CONTEXTUALIZED CHRISTIANITY IN NIGERIA?
International Studies Journal, 2023 The African belief in ancestral curses and witchcraft/witches constitutes a constant and permanent source of fear and anxiety to most Christians. A passing look at African Christianity suggests a Christopaganism kind of religion – a branded Christianity
Amos Francis Dike
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History and Current Status of Phytoplasma Diseases in the Middle East
Biology, 2021 Phytoplasmas that are associated with fruit crops, vegetables, cereal and oilseed crops, trees, ornamental, and weeds are increasing at an alarming rate in the Middle East.
Chamran Hemmati +3 more
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