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Bewitched cars & mail-order charms: witchcraft in modern France

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Are You Looking at Rural Communities or or Urban Communities?

In most of the murder trials, it was the vic that was the suspected witch, rather than the murderer. Most cases take place in rural communities but there are some really interesting examples where the cases are more urban. witchcraft is partly identified with the farm and with animals and with crops. But at the same time, i would say that it's noc it is not just those agricultural communities. There are definitely, and there are definitely lots of urban communities where witchcraft ar disputes kind of break out.

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