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Tunguz
also: tunguzok, Evenki, Tungusic peoples
Tungusic peoples of northeastern Siberia (ancestors of the modern Evenki); cited to demonstrate that the attribution of supernatural malice exclusively to women is not European but near-universal.
Reading notes
- On Women and Their Vocation §1 Tunguz
Tungusic peoples of northeastern Siberia (ancestors of today's Evenki); Madách cites them to show that belief in female witchcraft was a near-universal human phenomenon.