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Daniel Merkur

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Contrary to nature : Inuit conception of witchcraft

Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis 1987 Daniel Merkur

The present contribution to the phenomenology of witchcraft will depend for its data on the traditional conceptions, rites, and folklore of witchcraft among the Inuit (Eskimo) of Čanada and Greenland. A phenomenological definition of witchcraft may be obtained through recognition of its position within Inuit religion. Like many native North Americans, the Inuit epitomized their religion in the...