>But the whole thrust of Murray's view is that Christianity had been
>demonizing pagan gods ever since they got into power.
Pagan gods is pretty amorphous and is quite far removed from something like the benandanti.
>We don't have any documents for ancient history or the middle ages.
As far as I know Murray was working off the Golden Bough. Great book but times have changed.
>But I assume Ginzberg presumes it worked the same way then.
I don't think he would presume anything like that. Have you read Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches' Sabbath? That's the real magnum opus.