Ashes and Stones
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Ashes and Stones

A Journey Through Scotland in Search of Women Hunted as Witches

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Ashes and Stones

A Journey Through Scotland in Search of Women Hunted as Witches

About this book

A moving and personal journey, along rugged coasts and through remote villages and cities, in search of the traces of those accused of witchcraft in seventeenth-century Scotland. 'It's summer. I stand where perhaps Ellen stood, in this ground thick with new thistle and long grass. She would have kenned this coast in all weathers: in the summer when it was as gentle as a lake and in the winter, with the high winds and stinging salt spray.' In Ashes and Stones we visit modern memorials and standing stones, and roam among forests and hedge mazes, folklore and political fantasies. From fairy hills to forgotten caves, we explore a spellbound landscape. Allyson Shaw untangles the myth of witchcraft and gives voice to those erased by it. Her elegant and lucid prose weaves together threads of history and feminist reclamation to create a vibrant memorial. This is the untold story of the witches' monuments of Scotland and the women's lives they mark. Ashes and Stones is a trove of folklore linking the lives of contemporary women to the horrors of the past, a record of resilience and a call to choose and remember our ancestors.

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Information

Publisher
Pegasus Books
Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9781639365302
Edition
0
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Map
  4. Dedication
  5. Introduction: Pipe Song
  6. Chapter 1: Seamark
  7. Chapter 2: Fatal Sisters
  8. Chapter 3: Kirkyard and Hollow Hill
  9. Chapter 4: Climbing the Law
  10. Chapter 5: Athena of the Saltpans
  11. Chapter 6: Edge of the North Sea
  12. Chapter 7: Just People
  13. Chapter 8: Spaewife
  14. Chapter 9: Nevin Stone
  15. Chapter 10: Police Tape and Ritual Litter
  16. Chapter 11: Hedge Maze
  17. Chapter 12: Wall’s End
  18. Chapter 13: In the Margins
  19. Chapter 14: Red Threads
  20. Chapter 15: Roadside Shrine
  21. Chapter 16: Come the Shipwreck of the World
  22. Chapter 17: Rough Music
  23. Chapter 18: A Lingering, Voracious Image
  24. Chapter 19: Homecoming
  25. Epilogue: Sifting the Ashes
  26. Glossary
  27. Acknowledgements
  28. About the Author
  29. Notes
  30. Copyright