Publication Date

4-27-2016

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This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-64-34; mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 853. Collection titled “The Bell Witch: Witch or Ghost” uses motifs to help determine whether the famous Bell Witch of Adams, Tennessee, was a witch or a ghost. The motif index by Stith Thompson is cited throughout the paper. Debbie Karl, a student at Western Kentucky University, completed this project for a folktale course.

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