What is a "Witch Bottle"? Assembling the Textual Evidence from Early Modern England
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عنوان ژورنال: Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1940-5111
DOI: 10.1353/mrw.2020.0018