Witchcraft among the Azande: Evans-Pritchard
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- Witchcraft among the Azanda
- Believe when misfortune occurs someone is practicing witchcraft against them
- The injured party makes an accusation against the suspected witch and the matter is resolved by consulting the oracle
- A potion, benge, is given to chicken
- If the chicken dies, the sufferer can go and publicly demand the witchcraft to stop
- This is usually enough to end the problem, they regard witchcraft as a psychic power. The witch is believed to do being harm unintended and unconscious
- If the chicken dies, the sufferer can go and publicly demand the witchcraft to stop
- A potion, benge, is given to chicken
- The injured party makes an accusation against the suspected witch and the matter is resolved by consulting the oracle
- it is a closed system that cannot be overturned by the evidence
- Believe when misfortune occurs someone is practicing witchcraft against them
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