Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-153).
Contents
Part 1. Hekate. She is a tree of life : Hekate and the cosmic axis ; Queen of Heaven, queen of Hell : Hekate-Enodia ; Underneath the moon : Hekate and Luna ; A howling at the gate : Hekate veneration and the myth of the witch -- pt. 2. The witch. Descent of the goddess : the morphology of the witch ; Nigra sum sed formosa : the witch as archetype -- pt. 3. Conclusion -- pt. 4 Appendices. Pirkei ovoth, or, Bottled spirits ; Into the cauldron : shamanism and the Roman witch literature.