Bloodsucking Witchcraft: An Epistemological Study of Anthropomorphic Supernaturalism in Rural Tlaxcala

by J.M. Roberts, Hugo G. Nutini, John M. Roberts

In the rural areas of south-central Mexico, there are believed to be witches who transform themselves into animals in order to suck the blood from the necks of sleeping infants. This book analyzes beliefs held by the great majority of the population of rural Tlaxcala a generation ago and chronicles its drastic transformation since then.

"The most comprehensive statement on this centrally important ethnographic phenomenon in the last...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816511977
• ISBN13: 9780816511976
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 475 Pages
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"