Witches in Russia. Divination with a Hen, Women's Kingdom and the Spirits of Oka

A large-scale study conducted on the banks of the Oka unveils the mysterious world of Russian witches, where a woman is the keeper of ancient cults of the Goddess-Mother, a fearless warrior, and a possessor of secret knowledge.

Mysterious witchcraft, the art of love and healing magic, and ancient fertility rites come alive on the pages of the book.

The authors of the bestsellers "Intimate Russia", "The Middle Ages in Russia", and "Terribly Interesting Russia", relying on archaeological finds and field notes, recreate the forgotten world of women's Russia—a universe where witches have been the careful guardians of sacred knowledge for centuries.

Nadezhda Adamovich and Natalia Seregina are ethnographers, co-authors of the blog "History. Interesting!"