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In 1664 a Norwegian village woman was sentenced to death on an allegation of sorcery. Shortly afterwards she was brought to the execution place, beheaded and the body was burned at the stake. About 100 years later a Malay village woman was — according to local legend — condemned to death for committing adultery, and soon thereafter executed with a dagger. At the onset of my anthropological fieldwork in Norway and Malaysia, respectively, local people soon brought these two stories to my attention.
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Larsen, A.K. (2007). Tradition as Reflexive Project in Norway and Malaysia: Witch, Whore, Madonna and Heroine. In: Kockel, U., Craith, M.N. (eds) Cultural Heritages as Reflexive Traditions. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230285941_5
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