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Witches and Fairies

by Tihomir R. Đorđević

How the priest recognizes the witch in church, what to lay on the threshold against her, why you must never look at the mountain fairy's feet. Đorđević's study of the veštica and the vila, collected village by village across the Balkans, in English for the first time. The companion volume to Vampires and Other Beings.

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216 pages · 5.5 × 8.5 in (14 × 22 cm) · Paperback, Hardcover

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