Phoenix, Volume 1Sri Lanka Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies, 1990 - Commonwealth literature (English) |
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Page 37
... witch next door . ' The ' grey Thessalian witch ' the poet told me once , in response to a question , was a compound of memories of Vergil and a clairvoyante , a ' light teller ' , the local Madam Sosostris , who lived if not next door ...
... witch next door . ' The ' grey Thessalian witch ' the poet told me once , in response to a question , was a compound of memories of Vergil and a clairvoyante , a ' light teller ' , the local Madam Sosostris , who lived if not next door ...
Page 56
... witches and night witches . The day witches are people in the society who are evil and who can be identified . The night witches are hidden . They are the baloi . They enter the body of a sleeping victim and from then on the victim ...
... witches and night witches . The day witches are people in the society who are evil and who can be identified . The night witches are hidden . They are the baloi . They enter the body of a sleeping victim and from then on the victim ...
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