Магьосницата — необходимото зло
The Witch — A Necessary Evil

Summary/Abstract: The specific subject of the article is to follow the evolution of the ideas about magic as an evil on the basis of the traditional law punishments of witches from the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. The question is raised about the mechanism, by which the popular punishment and the ideas of punishment of witches influence the individual and collective psyche, the overall life of society. The author comes to the conclusion that owing to the specific historical development of Bulgarian society, unlike the Western-European, the initiative for the punishment of witchcraft comes from the community and is executed without the direct interference of the state and the church. What is more, the trial and punishment of the witches does not aim to destroy tradition, but in reality reaffirms it.

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