dc.contributor.author | Davies, Owen | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-03-04T10:58:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-03-04T10:58:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1996-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Davies , O 1996 , ' Hag-riding in Nineteenth-Century West Country England and Modern Newfoundland : An Examination of an Experience-Centred Witchcraft Tradition ' , Folk Life , vol. 35 , no. 1 , pp. 36-53 . < http://www.maneyonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/043087796798254443?queryID=54%2F67594 > | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2299/12989 | |
dc.description.abstract | Up until the early twentieth century, in parts of western and southern England, the dialect terms ‘hag-riding’ and ‘hagging’ were popularly used to describe a terrifying nocturnal assault by a witch. In Somerset and Dorset between 1852 and 1875, at least six court cases resulted from assaults upon suspected witches accused of hag-riding, and the testimonies given in court provide a fascinating insight into the way a sleep disturbance phenomenon was interpreted as a physical manifestation of witchcraft. For those suffering from hag-riding the experience was incontrovertible proof of the reality of witchcraft: it was maleficium in its most personal form, a direct physical assault on the body of the victim | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Folk Life | |
dc.title | Hag-riding in Nineteenth-Century West Country England and Modern Newfoundland : An Examination of an Experience-Centred Witchcraft Tradition | en |
dc.contributor.institution | History | |
dc.contributor.institution | Centre for Regional and Local History | |
dc.contributor.institution | School of Creative Arts | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | |
dc.identifier.url | http://www.maneyonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/043087796798254443?queryID=54%2F67594 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
herts.preservation.rarelyaccessed | true | |