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Root Stories
Record #:
16369
Author(s):
Cooley, Gilbert
Abstract:
Many stories refer to root doctors in African American belief systems. The root doctor worked as a sorcerer or conjurer, providing potions against enemies, helping with pregnancy, or showing an individual their fate.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6),
Vol. 23 Issue 2, May 1975
,
p
35-43
Subject(s):
African Americans--Conjurers