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'''The Virago Book of Witches''' is a 1994 anthology edited by [[Shahrukh Husain]].
'''The Virago Book of Witches''' is a 1993 anthology edited by [[Shahrukh Husain]].
 
==Contents==
* Acknowledgements
* Introduction
 
'''1. Alluring Women and Ailing Knights'''
* Indravati and the Seven Sisters
* Finn's Madness
* The Nixy
* The Maiden on the Loreley
* Coonlagh Ruadh and the Fairy Maiden
* The Marriage of Sir Gawain
 
'''2. Wise Old Women'''
* I Love You More Than Salt
* The Tale of the Merchant, the Crone and the King
* The Four Gifts
* Habetrot
* Unfortunate
* Biddy's Early Flying Magic
 
'''3. Witches in Love: Possessive Women and Devoted Wives'''
* The Morrigu
* The Painted Skin
* Lilith and the Blade of Grass
* Daughter of the Moon, Son of the Sun
* The Loving Fox
* The Story of Aristomenes
* Ala and the Old Hag
* The Queen's Ring
 
'''4. Transformations'''
* The Grinning Face of the Old Woman
* The Red Woman
* The Woman Who Turned Her Husband Into a Snake
* Kertong
* The Boy and the Hare
* Roland
* The Snake Wife
* The Old Woman in the Wood
* The Leopard Woman
* The Three Crones
 
'''5. Guardians of the Seasons and Elements'''
* The First People and the First Corn
* Mistress of Fire
* Anancy and the Hide-Away Garden
* Johnny, Draw the Knife
* The Snow-Daughter and the Fire-Son
* Mother Holle
 
'''6. Witchy Devices: Cauldrons, Broomsticks, and Trysts with the Devil'''
* Hooch for Skye!
* The Cauldron-Born
* The Witches' Sabbath
* The Birch Besom
* The Broom is Busy
* The Horned Women
* The Goodwife of Laggan
* Baha Yaga
 
'''7. Hungry Hags: Cannibals and Blood-Suckers'''
[some copies have this section numbered as 8, and titled 'Blook-Suckers']
* Vikram and the Dakini
* The Old Eagle-Hawk Woman
* The Two Children and the Witch
* My Sweet Witch
* The Curse
* Two Children and a Witch
* El-Muzayyara
 
'''8. Trials and Contests'''
* The Bewitched Churn
* Rabbi Joshua and the Witch
* The Witchmaster's Advice
* The Son of Seven Queens
* The Caellie Bheur
* Hag-rog
* Biddy Early, the Priest and the Crow
* Petie-Pete Versus the Witch Bea-Witch
 
* Notes


==Editions==
==Editions==
* 1993, [[Virago Press]] Limited, London. Illustrated by Liane Payne. xxi + 244pp.
* 1994, [[Virago Press]], ISBN 1853817597
* 1994, [[Virago Press]], ISBN 1853817597


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Latest revision as of 12:01, 31 December 2010

The Virago Book of Witches is a 1993 anthology edited by Shahrukh Husain.

Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction

1. Alluring Women and Ailing Knights

  • Indravati and the Seven Sisters
  • Finn's Madness
  • The Nixy
  • The Maiden on the Loreley
  • Coonlagh Ruadh and the Fairy Maiden
  • The Marriage of Sir Gawain

2. Wise Old Women

  • I Love You More Than Salt
  • The Tale of the Merchant, the Crone and the King
  • The Four Gifts
  • Habetrot
  • Unfortunate
  • Biddy's Early Flying Magic

3. Witches in Love: Possessive Women and Devoted Wives

  • The Morrigu
  • The Painted Skin
  • Lilith and the Blade of Grass
  • Daughter of the Moon, Son of the Sun
  • The Loving Fox
  • The Story of Aristomenes
  • Ala and the Old Hag
  • The Queen's Ring

4. Transformations

  • The Grinning Face of the Old Woman
  • The Red Woman
  • The Woman Who Turned Her Husband Into a Snake
  • Kertong
  • The Boy and the Hare
  • Roland
  • The Snake Wife
  • The Old Woman in the Wood
  • The Leopard Woman
  • The Three Crones

5. Guardians of the Seasons and Elements

  • The First People and the First Corn
  • Mistress of Fire
  • Anancy and the Hide-Away Garden
  • Johnny, Draw the Knife
  • The Snow-Daughter and the Fire-Son
  • Mother Holle

6. Witchy Devices: Cauldrons, Broomsticks, and Trysts with the Devil

  • Hooch for Skye!
  • The Cauldron-Born
  • The Witches' Sabbath
  • The Birch Besom
  • The Broom is Busy
  • The Horned Women
  • The Goodwife of Laggan
  • Baha Yaga

7. Hungry Hags: Cannibals and Blood-Suckers [some copies have this section numbered as 8, and titled 'Blook-Suckers']

  • Vikram and the Dakini
  • The Old Eagle-Hawk Woman
  • The Two Children and the Witch
  • My Sweet Witch
  • The Curse
  • Two Children and a Witch
  • El-Muzayyara

8. Trials and Contests

  • The Bewitched Churn
  • Rabbi Joshua and the Witch
  • The Witchmaster's Advice
  • The Son of Seven Queens
  • The Caellie Bheur
  • Hag-rog
  • Biddy Early, the Priest and the Crow
  • Petie-Pete Versus the Witch Bea-Witch
  • Notes

Editions

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