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Routledge Libr?7rY Editions WITCHCRAFT CONFESSIONS AND ACCUSATIONS ANTHROPOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY Routledge Library Editions Anthropology and Ethnography WITCHCRAFT, FOLKLORE AND MYTHOLOGY In 6 Volumes I Japanese Rainmaking BOWlldJ II Witchcraft Confessions and Accusations DougldJ III The Life-Giving Myth /locdrt IV The Structural Study of Myth and Totemism Ledch V Witchcraft and Sorcery in East Africa Middleton & Wimer VI The Witch Figure Newdll WITCHCRAFT CONFESSIONS AND ACCUSATIONS EDITED BY MARY DOUGLAS I~ ~~~:~;n~~~up LONDON AND NEW YORK First published in 1970 Reprinted in 2004 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4RN 270 Madison Avenue, New York NY 10016 Rotltledge iJ an imprillt of the 7~tylor & FrallciJ Group First issued in paperback 20lO © 1970 Association of Social Anthtopologists of the Commonwealth All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. The publishers have made every effort to contact authors/copyright holders of the works reprinted in l?olltledp,e Library Editio1lJ Anthropology and Ethnography. This has not been possible in every case, however, and we would welcome correspondence from those individuals/companies we have been unable to tface. These reprints are taken from original copies of each book. In many cases the condition of these originals is not perfect. The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of these reprints, but wishes to point out that certain characteristics of the original copies will, of necessity, be apparent in reprints thereof. BritiJh Library Cataloglling ill PubliCcltion Data A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Witchcraft Confessions and Accusations ISBN 13: 978-0-415-33070-1 (hbk) ISBN 13: 978-0-415-61161-9 (pbk) Miniset: Witchcraft:, Folklore and Mythology Series: Routledge Library Ed itions - Anthropology and Ethnography WITCHCRAFT CONFESSIONS & ACCUSATIONS Edited by Mary Douglas TAVISTOCK PUBLICATIONS London· New York· Sydney. Toronto· Wellington First published in 1970 by Tavistock Publications Limited 11 New Fetter Lane, London E04 This book has been set in Modern Series 7 and was printed by T. & A. Oonstable Limited, Edinburgh © Association of Social Anthropologists of the Oommonwealth 1970 SBN 422 73200 1 This volume derives mainly from papers presented at the annual conference of the Association of Social Anthropologists of the Oommonwealth on the theme of witchcraft. The conference was held at King's Oollege, Oambridge, 3-6 April 1968, and the Association wishes to record its gratitude to the Provost and Fellows of King's Oollege for their hospitality on that occasion. Distributed in the U.S.A. by Barnes & Noble, Inc. The papers included in this volume are offered as a tribute to Professor E. E. Evans-Pritchard Founder and First President of the Association of Social Anthropologists Contents page Editor's Preface xi MARY DOUGLAS Introduction: Thirty Years after Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic xiii Part I The Context of Witchcraft in Europe 1 NORMAN COHN The Myth of Satan and his Human Servants 3 2 PETER BROWN Sorcery, Demons, and the Rise of Christianity from Late Antiquity into the Middle Ages 17 3 KEITH THOMAS The Relevance of Social Anthropology to the Historical Study of English Witchcraft 47 4 ALAN MACFARLANE Witchcraft in Tudor and Stuart Essex 81 Part II Cleansing and Confession of Witches 5 ALISON REDMAYNE Chikanga: An African Diviner with an International Reputation 103 6 R. G. WILLIS Instant Millennium: The Sociology of African Witch- cleansing Cults 129 7 EDWIN ARDENER Witchcraft, Economics, and the Continuity of Belief 141 8 ROBERT BRAIN Child -witches 161 vii Oontent8 Part III Idioms of Power 9 JULIAN PITT-RIVERS Spiritual Power in Central America: The Naguals of Chiapas 183 10 ESTHER GOODY Legitimate and Illegitimate Aggression III a West African State 207 11 PETER RIVIERE Factions and Exclusions in Two South American Village Systems 245 12 ANTHONY FORGE Prestige, Influence, and Sorcery: A New Guinea Example 257 Part IV Alternative Interpretations of Misfortune 13 GODFREY LIENHARDT The Situation of Death: An Aspect of Anuak Philosophy 279 14 I. M. LEWIS A Structural Approach to Witchcraft and Spirit- possession 293 15 BRIAN SPOONER The Evil Eye in the Middle East 311 16 G. I. JONES A Boundary to Accusations 321 17 MALCOLM RUEL Were-animals and the Introverted Witch 333 18 T. o. BEIDELMAN Towards More Open Theoretical Interpretations 351 Notes on Contributors 357 Author Index 363 Subject Index 367 viii
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