Analyzes the phenomenon of witchcraft and discusses the various elements--primitive, classical, fairy-tale, pagan, historical, and modern--which have influenced its history.
Janie uses her power to put life in the stone animals that ornament New York buildings to escape her parents' quarreling, but when the animals start to turn her into stone she learns that having feelings is the price of remaining human.
When Leigh goes to Scotland to help her aunt and uncle with the horses on their farm, she becomes involved with a local boy, the grandfather who blackmails him, and the tradition of the Horseman's Word.
