# Witchcraft and superstitious record in the south-western district of Scotland

Author: Wood, J. Maxwell (John Maxwell), -1925; Copland, John, 1854-1929 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43966

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Witchcraft+and+superstitious+record+in+the+south-western+district+of+Scotland+Wood&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

In the far-off days, when Superstition, in close association with the "evil sister" of Ignorance, walked abroad in the land, the south-western district of Scotland shared very largely in the beliefs and terrors embraced under the general descriptive term of witchcraft. Active interference in the routine of daily life on the part of the Prince of Darkness and his agencies was fully believed in. The midnight ride, the power of conversion into animal semblance and form, mystic rite and incantation, spells and cantrips, as well as the presence on earth of the Devil himself, who generally appeared in some alluring form--all had a firmly-established place in the superstitious and impressionable...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/witchcraft-and-superstitious-record-in-the-south-western-distri-09170a5d/chapters/1/index.md)