The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft and Wicca

449 Pages·2008·5.52 MB·English

by  Guiley, Rosemary.

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
Witches, Witchcraft
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and Wicca
THIrD EDITION
Also by Rosemary Ellen Guiley
The Encyclopedia of Angels, Second Edition
The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits, Third Edition
The Encyclopedia of Magic and Alchemy
The Encyclopedia of Saints
The Encyclopedia of Vampires, Werewolves,
and Other Monsters
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
Witches, Witchcraft
S S
and Wicca
THIrD EDITION
Rosemary Ellen Guiley
The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft and Wicca, Third Edition
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Guiley, rosemary.
The encyclopedia of witches, witchcraft and wicca / rosemary Ellen Guiley. — 3rd ed.
p. cm.
rev. ed. : The encyclopedia of witches and witchcraft . 1999.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-7103-6 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-8160-7103-9 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Witchcraft—Encyclopedias. 2. Witches—Encyclopedias. I. Guiley, rosemary.
Encyclopedia of witches and witchcraft. II. Title.
BF1566.G85 2008
133.4'303—dc22 2008008917
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ACkNOWLEDGmENTS ix
INTrODUCTION xi
EnTriEs A–Z 1
BIBLIOGrAPHY 407
INDEx 415

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For the third edition of this encyclopedia, I would like es- Foxwood, Christopher Penczak, raven Digitalis, Gavin
pecially to thank the following individuals for their help: Bone, Janet Farrar, Gavin and Yvonne Frost, Isaac Bone-
Laurie Cabot, Selena Fox, raymond Buckland, Z Buda- wits, Deborah Lipp and Carl Weschke.
pest, marion Weinstein, Oberon Zell-ravenheart, Orion
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