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Witchcraft

Witchcraft is the use of magic by a person called a witch. Traditionally, "witchcraft" means the use of magic to inflict supernatural harm or misfortune on others, and this remains the most common and widespread meaning. Though the idea of witchcraft is largely imaginary, it has nevertheless served in many cultures as a way to explain the presence of…

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Ancient Mesopotamian religionAšipuDemonsCode of Hammurabi18th century BCE
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Life expectancyReligiosityProcess of developmentE. E. Evans-PritchardMonica Wilson
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Beliefs about practices

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Witch-hunts and thwarting witchcraft

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Beliefs about practices

Witchcraft and folk healers

Witch-hunts and thwarting witchcraft

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Witches in art and literature

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Witchcraft

Nodes283
Edges282
Triples177
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007067
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Witchcraft

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related to Africa · 20
Witchcraft → Africa, African, Azande, Early, English, Evans-Pritchard, In, In Africa, James, Monica Wilson, Mutumba Mainga, Other, Smith, South African, The, Trials, Vulnerable, Witches, With, Zambian
related to Beliefs about practices · 16
Witchcraft → Africa, Another, Certain, Cursing, Edward Bever, Europe, Illnesses, In Europe, Indigenous, James George Frazer, Melanesia, North America, Polynesia, South Asia, Such, Witches
related to Modern paganism · 16
Witchcraft → Aleister Crowley's Thelema, Christianization, During, English-speaking, Europe, European, From, Margaret Murray, Murray's, The, They, This, Today, Western, Wicca, Wiccans
related to Concept · 12
Witchcraft → Belief, British Isles, For, Gaels, Historian Ronald Hutton, Historians, Ireland, Most, Scottish Highlands, Some, The, This
related to Etymology · 11
Witchcraft → According, English, Germanic, Indo-European, It, Low German, Middle Low German, Old English, Oxford English Dictionary, The, Wiccian
related to Accusations of witchcraft · 10
Witchcraft → America, Christina Larner, Females, However, Iceland, In, Pócs, Richard Kieckhefer, The, Throughout
related to Ancient Mesopotamian religion · 9
Witchcraft → According, European, In, Magic, Mesopotamia, Mesopotamian, The, These, Tzvi Abusch
related to Witchcraft and folk healers · 9
Witchcraft → Alan Macfarlane, Europe, Historian Owen Davies, In, In Britain, Most, Often, Ronald Hutton, Where
see also · 9
Witchcraft → Aradia, Charles Godfrey LelandFeminist, Gathering, Gospel, Hallucinogenic, Practice, Sabbath, Witch, Witches
related to Oceania · 8
Witchcraft → Beliefs, Christianity, Cook Islands, In, Māori, Oceania, Practitioners, They

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witches magic witch often belief beliefs cultures believed accusations evil used accused ancient practices europe harm women societies people use

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Witchcraftis ause of magic by a person called a witch0.90text
Witchcraftis aconstant in the history of colonial Brazil0.90text
capitalisminstance ofand some have characterised it as critical social commentary on Western ideologies associated with development0.80text
individualisminstance ofand some have characterised it as critical social commentary on Western ideologies associated with development0.80text
breaking the effects of witchcraftinstance ofservices0.80text
healinginstance ofservices0.80text
divinationinstance ofservices0.80text
finding lost or stolen goodsinstance ofservices0.80text
and love magicinstance ofservices0.80text
cunning folk or witch-doctorsinstance ofoften with the help of magical healers0.80text
horse skulls inside the walls of buildingsinstance ofand burying objects0.80text
demonsinstance ofwhose main role was to work magic against harmful supernatural forces0.80text

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