Sentence examples for cunning folk from inspiring English sources

Rather the opposite, in fact: "As far as I'm aware, the material culture of witchcraft, in terms of surviving artefacts, relates mainly to anti-bewitchment measures – amulets and such like – made by cunning folk".

She was just a modern ambassador for an ancient tradition of wise women and cunning folk, her powers submerged in yards of tulle and masked by a treacly voice.

Booth reps are cunning folk.

The difference between the cunning folk and witches is that witches would use demonic familiars, but cunning folk would get their powers or information through encounters with fairies or dead people.

The latter house -- known for its "cunning folk" -- was home to sneering Draco, his pure-blooded magical lineage and He Who Must Not Be Named, Lord Voldemort.

The cunning folk were like magical practitioners, but they specialised in cures, determining if someone has been bewitched, finding lost or stolen items, identifying thieves, love spells.

Hutton's assessment was shared by historian Owen Davies; in his study of English cunning-folk, he described Liddell's stories as "seductive but entirely unsubstantiated".

He added that while agreeing with Maple's assessment that Pickingill was "one of the last practising cunning-folk in the country", he stressed that Pickingill was not one of the "major regional figure[s]" such as Murrell, James Tuckett, John Wrightson, or William Brewer.

However, claims have since been made that Pickingill was not a cunning man or involved in folk magic at all.

This guy is the spear-point of Chairman and Chief Executive Robert J. Ulrich's savvy marketing machine, seducing "regular folks" with impressive cunning.

Although these portrayals vary considerably, kitsune are generally depicted in accordance with folk stories, as wise, cunning, and powerful beings.