Appalachian folk magic and rootwork
African & Afro-Diasporic Practice / discipline
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Neutral catalog summary
About this record
Appalachian folk magic and rootwork is cataloged as a Practice / discipline within African & Afro-Diasporic. Its candidate country context is “United States” and its period or origin is “18th–20th century onward.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Appalachian vernacular religion and healing; African American and European American streams must be distinguished.”
This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.
Record fields
- Alternate / historical names
- Appalachian Conjure Root-Doctor Current; Appalachian conjure; root doctoring; granny magic
- Parent tradition
- Appalachian vernacular religion and healing; African American and European American streams must be distinguished
- Public geographic context
- United States
- Period / origin
- 18th–20th century onward
- Living / historical status
- Living but heterogeneous
- Access / protocol
- Open / public
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Geography
CandidateUnited States
Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.
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Related Atlas entries
Stable attribution
Cite this record
Appalachian folk magic and rootwork. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 0181. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/0181
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