Katharine M. Briggs : an appreciation / Ruth Michaelis-Jena -- Animal witchcraft in Japan / Carmen Blacker -- Hostile magic in the Icelandic sagas / H. R. Ellis Davidson -- The ominous wood : an investigation into some traditionary sources of Milton's Comus / Margaret Dean-Smith -- Witchcraft at some prehistoric sites / L. V. Grinsell -- Some instances of image-magic in Great Britain / Christina Hole -- The Jew as a witch figure / Venetia Newall -- The witch as victim / Geoffrey Parrinder -- The divine hag of the pagan Celts / Anne Ross -- Olaf Tryggvason versus the powers of darkness / Jacqueline Simpson -- Cain's kin / Beatrice White -- The witch as a frightening and threatening figure / John Widdowson.