Description
Product ID: | 9780349012605 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | The Virago Book Of Witches |
Authors: | Author: Shahrukh Husain |
Page Count: | 368 |
Subjects: | True stories: general, True stories, Spirituality and religious experience, Witchcraft, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology), Mysticism, magic and occult interests, Spirituality & religious experience, Witchcraft, Folklore, myths & legends, Mysticism, magic & ritual |
Description: | Select Guide Rating As with Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales, The Virago Book of Witches will become a perennial favourite. Witches are once again in the ascendancy! Reissued with a new introduction by the editor A collection of more than fifty stories about witches from around the world. There are tales of banshees, crones and beauties in disguise from China, Siberia, the Caribbean, Armenia, Portugal and Australia. The characters featured include Italy''s Witch Bea-Witch, Lilith, Kali, and Twitti Glyn Hec. Alluring women, enchantresses, wise old ladies and bewitching women: they are all here and ready to haunt, entice, possess, transform, challenge - and sometimes even to help. |
Imprint Name: | Virago Press Ltd |
Publisher Name: | Little, Brown Book Group |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2019-10-17 |