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Blood sacrifice, 89, 152, 154, 210, 225

Date of account
Published 1921
Source
The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology
Reference
The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology · selected passage 216
Rights
public_domain
Language
English with quoted European trial material
Record updated
2026-08-24

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Blood sacrifice, 89, 152, 154, 210, 225

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Essex:-- Bird familiar, 217, 218. Blood sacrifice, 89, 152, 154, 210, 225. Cat familiar, 209-12, 214, 216, 217, 224, 225. Change of familiar, 210. Chicken sacrifice, 154, 210. Child witch, 73. Cock sacrifice, 155, 212. Coldness of the Devil, 64, 185. Devil as a cat, 152, 154. " a dog, 67, 155, 227. " a man, 33, 88, 217, 223. Dog familiar, 212, 214, 215, 223, 227. Feeding of familiar, 209, 210, 211, 212, 215-17, 224. Ferret familiar, 212. Frog familiar, 218. Gift of familiar, 209, 210, 214, 216, 217, 223, 224. Inherited familiar, 214, 217, 224-6. Kiss, 64, 185, 215. Kitten familiar, 215, 224, 225. Lamb familiar, 211. Left hand, 89. Marriage, 185. Mole familiar, 217, 223. Mouse familiar, 216-18. Names of familiars, 209, 211, 212, 214-18, 224, 225. Paternoster as a charm, 210. Prayers, 31, 215. Promise of secrecy, 215. Renunciation of Christianity, 185, 209, 225. Robin, 211, 218, 225. St. Osyth Coven, 250. Sathan, 152, 210, 224, 225, 226. Supernumerary nipple, 92-3, 95, 214-17. Thirteen in Coven, 191. Threats against a traitor, 202. Toad familiar, 210-12, 225. Use of familiars, 214-18, 223, 224.

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