Witchcraft
Witchcraft denotes harmful or socially condemned magic; Mesopotamian law punished it, while modern Celtic discussion distinguishes reconstructed Wicca from older beliefs in solitary witches.
Our paraphrase of what the sources say it carries.
At a glance
- Type
- Concept
- Borne by
- 2 figures (1 is this, 1 carries it)
- Traditions
- African folklore (general) (1)Native American folklore (1)
Figures that bear it
A model judged each figure against its own description, one term at a time. Is: the figure is, or is partly, this thing. Bears: it carries the thing or is marked by it. What a figure does is filed under motifs and powers. Open "why" for the sentence the judgement rests on.
- Skinwalker is Native American folklore
why
… the broader Navajo category of witchcraft known as the Witchery Way …
- Sasabonsam bears African folklore (general)
why
It is also connected in the traditional accounts with witchcraft — described as an ally or familiar of witches, and in some tellings as the male counterpart to a forest woman with her own dangerous character.