![]() ![]() According to Jong, witches and fairies have long been associated in the popular mind, and often the same characteristics are attributed to both groups: 'the practice of sorcery, the ability to appear and disappear at will, shape-shifting, the preparation of magic salves, the stealing of children, dancing in circles, and having wild nocturnal parties. The cartoon suggests what essentially underlies the Azaria Chamberlain case: the making of Lindy the witch. In a cartoon, Jenny Coopes has depicted a bubbling cauldron tended by two silhouettes in puritan dress and fuelled by newsprint with headline fragments (Sydney Morning Herald, November 13, 1982). I feel that I am the victim of a medieval witch-hunt (Lindy Chamberlain, Woman's Day, October 1, 1980.) She was a beautiful little girl, so natural - a little fairy (Mrs E M Waterhouse of Whakatane, New Zealand, referring to Lindy Chamberlain, Daily Telegraph, November 1, 1983.) 2, December 1984 From Fairy to Witch: imagery and myth in the Azaria case Dianne Johnson AJCS Australian Journal of Cultural Studies ![]()
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