Men and ‘Women’s Magic’: Contested Narratives of Gender, Seidhr, and ‘Ergi’
Issue: Vol 13 No. 9 (2011) Issue Number 9, August 1999
Journal: Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies
Subject Areas: Religious Studies
DOI: 10.1558/pome.v13i9.4
Abstract:
Seidhr appears most often as a female activity... male seidh workers were spoken of as 'ergi', a term of insult relating to behaviour seen as 'unmanly'.
Author: Jenny Blain, Robert Wallis