Sorcery, Witchcraft and Lycanthropy in the Persiles (Book I)

Abstract

The writer of this paper intends to examine the link that may be found between the Northern area of magic, sorcery and lycanthropy, and the Southern one, focusing on the Persiles’Book I. From this viewpoint, the feminine character of the sorceress-witch met by Rutilio in the Siena’s jail and that will fly with him on a magical coat until Norway –where she will be transformed quickly into a lustful and devourer wolf– plays a fundamental and symbolic part in the connection between both worlds, the Northern one and the Southern one