Looking for a book about a non-Western witch (or adjacent) placing hexes on those they know. Arab, South Asian, East Asian – literally any and all are welcome. Thanks in advance!
What do you mean by puts hexes on those they know?
There’s I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem. It’s pretty good but more literary than fantasy and also sad.
I like witchy feminist/female authored fantasy a lot but unfortunately what I have read is white, white, white. I will be following this thread because this has been bothering me for a while.
WhiteHeartedLion on
Does it have to be witches especially, or is it sufficient with female magic possessing characters? It’s not a given that every corner of the world has a strong heritage with witches or a history of witch persecution etc. Folklore in Asia for instance is often about shape shifting. I really enjoyed the fox wife by Yangsze Choo. Not a bad female magical story line, but she needs help from male characters along the way. Good stuff anyway, I loved it.
ShakespeherianRag on
Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho is literally this! Otherwise, The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco or The Last Bloodcarver by Vanessa Le are other Southeast Asian YA fantasies sans hexes.
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What do you mean by puts hexes on those they know?
There’s I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem. It’s pretty good but more literary than fantasy and also sad.
I like witchy feminist/female authored fantasy a lot but unfortunately what I have read is white, white, white. I will be following this thread because this has been bothering me for a while.
Does it have to be witches especially, or is it sufficient with female magic possessing characters? It’s not a given that every corner of the world has a strong heritage with witches or a history of witch persecution etc. Folklore in Asia for instance is often about shape shifting. I really enjoyed the fox wife by Yangsze Choo. Not a bad female magical story line, but she needs help from male characters along the way. Good stuff anyway, I loved it.
Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho is literally this! Otherwise, The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco or The Last Bloodcarver by Vanessa Le are other Southeast Asian YA fantasies sans hexes.