Margaret Murray and the Rise of Wicca

Authors

  • Juliette Wood Reading University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/pome.v13.i10.45

Keywords:

Neo-paganism, Margaret Murray, Wicca, folklore

Abstract

Murray's quaint, 19th Century approach which sees 'survivals' in every custom and uses 'folk memory' to justify tenuous links between past and current practices, characterises the popular image of what folklore is.

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Luhrmann, Tanya, 1989, Persuasion of the Witches Craft, Oxford.

Murray, Margaret, 1963, My First Hundred Years.

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Pearson, Karl, 1897, The Chances of Death and Other Studies in Evolution, 2 vols., Edward Arnold.

Simpson, Jacqueline, 1994, ‘Margaret Murray, Who Believed Her and Why’ Presidential Address of 1992 Folklore 105:89-96.

Published

2001-02-01

How to Cite

Wood, J. (2001). Margaret Murray and the Rise of Wicca. Pomegranate, 15(Winter), 45-52. https://doi.org/10.1558/pome.v13.i10.45