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Social Witchcraft: Countermeasures

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Styrian Witches in European Perspective

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This chapter presents various countermeasures that were part of common knowledge which people could draw upon to counteract the bewitchment.

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Mencej, M. (2017). Social Witchcraft: Countermeasures. In: Styrian Witches in European Perspective. Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-37250-5_5

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