The Virago Book Of Witches av Shahrukh Husain

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<p>Beware the women who are called witches, or those who claim the name for themselves...<br><br>Banshees - a howling night-witch and harbinger of death; She-devils - Lilith and her daughters; or Bitches - Hecate, whose chariot is drawn by dogs.<br><br>Alluring women, enchantresses, seekers of revenge, wise old women and badly-behaved girls. As Shahrukh Husain says, witches are ''womanhood in all its complexity''.<br><br>Over fifty stories of crones and nixies, shape shifters and beauties are here, including the loving fox witch of Japan; Italy''s Witch-Bea-Witch; Scotland''s Goodwife of Laggan; Biddy Earl and the terrifying Kali and Baba Yaga who comes in many forms to haunt, entice, possess, transform and challenge.<br><br> From every corner of the globe, with tom-foolery, fun, strife and victory, these folklore and legends celebrate women who step out of line.</p>