Incantatio An International Journal on Charms Charmers and Charming

Verbal Magic In Contemporary Women’s Narratives About Nightmare Experiences In Estonia

Incantatio An International Journal on Charms Charmers and Charming 2025 Reet Hiiemäe

The focus of this article is on the contemporary use of verbal magic in situations interpreted in personal experience narratives as nightmare (old hag) attacks whereby the emphasis is on women’s perspective. First, the author gives a general overview of the outputs of protective verbal magic in contemporary Estonian material to situate more specific verbal magic used for warding off the...