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Folk Witchcraft

Folk Witchcraft is a subset of witchcraft beliefs characterized by localized, tradition-based practices and interpretations that emerge organically within specific cultural or rural communities, distinguishing it from institutionalized or modern esoteric forms of witchcraft.

149

Publications

5.3K

Citations

155

Authors

65

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

7

Parents

Publications

149

Witchcraft in Tudor and Stuart England: A Regional and Comparative Study

Stanford Lehmberg, Alan Macfarlane · The American Historical Review · 1971 · 220 citations

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Entertaining Satan: Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England

Michael McGiffert, John Demos · Journal of American History · 1983 · 143 citations

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INVERSION, MISRULE AND THE MEANING OF WITCHCRAFT

Stuart Clark · Past & Present · 1980 · 131 citations

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Witch Beliefs and Social Structure

Monica Wilson · American Journal of Sociology · 1951 · 126 citations

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The empty seashell: witchcraft and doubt on an Indonesian island

Choice Reviews Online · 2015 · 126 citations

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Authors

155

  1. IN
    Isak Niehaus

    Brunel University of London, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 189 citations

    4

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  2. MA
    Mensah Adinkrah

    Central Michigan University, United States

    2 publications · 76 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. DE
    Douglas Ezzy

    University of Tasmania, Australia

    3 publications · 162 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. EG
    Elaine G. Breslaw

    2 publications · 56 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. MG
    M. G. Marwick

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    2 publications · 56 citations

    2

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Institutions

65

  1. Central Michigan University

    Mount Pleasant, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    89 citations

  2. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    68 citations

  3. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    103 citations

  4. University of Pretoria

    Pretoria, South Africa

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    98 citations

  5. University of KwaZulu-Natal

    Durban, South Africa

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    71 citations

  6. University of South Africa

    Pretoria, South Africa

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

  7. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    103 citations

  8. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    98 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 17 publications · 788 citations

    15

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  2. Africa

    11 publications · 473 citations

    11

    h-index

  3. Folklore

    6 publications · 103 citations

    6

    h-index

  4. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 5 publications · 363 citations

    5

    h-index

  5. Man

    5 publications · 96 citations

    5

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