The God Of The Witches
New York: Oxford University Press, 1952. First American edition thus. Hardcover. First American edition thus. Quite scarce. Hardcover in black cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Fine. Issued without dust jacket(?). 212 pp. with bibliography for each chapter and index. Color frontis plate "Joan Of Arc Identifying The Disguised Dauphin" and 16 additional plates. A seminal 20th century study centered around medieval European religion and witchcraft and specifically what the author termed "the cult of witches". Margaret Alice Murray, archaeologist, anthropologist, and folklorist, viewed Middle Ages witchcraft not as an isolated, terrifying phenomenon but rather as an extention of ancient religion that worshipped a "horned god" Fine. Item #E33988
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