... of Muscovite magic did attach differentially to men or women, but such differences were rare and manifested themselves in subtle ways. The most likely sites of gender divergence, at least based on abstract assumptions, show shared rather than distinctive patterns of magical practice by men and women...

... Novombergskii N Ia Shashkov A T Zheglov Ivan confessor to satanic pact Zguta Russell Devil Russian witchcraft besy demons winged devils Satan Muscovite magic IN MARCH 1676 TIMOFEI KARAULOV, the governor of the southern frontier town of Dobroe, reported to the tsar the details of a complaint filed...

...This introductory chapter provides a background of witchcraft in seventeenth-century Russia. The key element in Muscovite magic is the intermingling of fantasy with the harsh physical realities and social structures and strictures of daily life. Indeed, Muscovite magic emerged within...