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In European folklore, mandragoras are familiar demons who appear in the figures of little men without beards. [1]
Mandragoras are thought[ by whom?] to be little dolls or figures given to sorcerers by the Devil for the purpose of being consulted by them in time of need, and it would seem as if this conception[ weasel words] had sprung directly from that of the fetish, which is nothing else than a dwelling-place made by a shaman or medicine-man for the reception of any wandering spirit who chooses to take up his abode therein.[ citation needed]
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In European folklore, mandragoras are familiar demons who appear in the figures of little men without beards. [1]
Mandragoras are thought[ by whom?] to be little dolls or figures given to sorcerers by the Devil for the purpose of being consulted by them in time of need, and it would seem as if this conception[ weasel words] had sprung directly from that of the fetish, which is nothing else than a dwelling-place made by a shaman or medicine-man for the reception of any wandering spirit who chooses to take up his abode therein.[ citation needed]