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- catalog abstract "Opening with a succinct review of the meaning and evolution of witchcraft in Europe and Spain, Simmons establishes the existence of many similar beliefs among native inhabitants of the New World. Moving chronologically to Spanish colonization, the author vividly conveys Spanish reactions to Pueblo life and religion, the fears of witches and other supernatural forces that plagued Spanish colonists. ... Emphasizing the beliefs and nature of witchcraft rather than the actual mechanics (which are secret), he follows Hispanic communities into the late 19th century. ... Readers learn how witchcraft fits into the Pueblo world view and how it compares and contrasts with European and Spanish varieties in such areas as motivation, types, powers, beliefs and means of acquisition. ...".
- catalog contributor b6641864.
- catalog created "1980, c1974.".
- catalog date "1980".
- catalog date "1980, c1974.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1980, c1974.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 181-184.".
- catalog description "Opening with a succinct review of the meaning and evolution of witchcraft in Europe and Spain, Simmons establishes the existence of many similar beliefs among native inhabitants of the New World. Moving chronologically to Spanish colonization, the author vividly conveys Spanish reactions to Pueblo life and religion, the fears of witches and other supernatural forces that plagued Spanish colonists. ... Emphasizing the beliefs and nature of witchcraft rather than the actual mechanics (which are secret), he follows Hispanic communities into the late 19th century. ... Readers learn how witchcraft fits into the Pueblo world view and how it compares and contrasts with European and Spanish varieties in such areas as motivation, types, powers, beliefs and means of acquisition. ...".
- catalog extent "xiii, 184 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Witchcraft in the Southwest.".
- catalog identifier "0803291167".
- catalog isFormatOf "Witchcraft in the Southwest.".
- catalog issued "1980".
- catalog issued "1980, c1974.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press,".
- catalog relation "Witchcraft in the Southwest.".
- catalog spatial "New Mexico.".
- catalog spatial "Southwest, New.".
- catalog subject "133.4/09789".
- catalog subject "BF 1577 .S68 S592w 1974".
- catalog subject "BF1577.S68 S56 1980".
- catalog subject "Indian magic Southwest, New.".
- catalog subject "Witchcraft New Mexico.".
- catalog subject "Witchcraft Southwest, New.".
- catalog title "Witchcraft in the Southwest : Spanish and Indian supernaturalism on the Rio Grande / by Marc Simmons.".
- catalog type "text".