Hawkins, Jane
JaneHawkins (17th century) Massachusetts midwife and healer expelled on suspicions of witchcraft in the delivery of a deformed, stillborn fetus. The witchcraft accusations were mixed…
Month: August 2017
HARE
A hare is in folklore, a witch’s Familiar or a witch metamorphosed in disguise (see metamorphosis). It is still bad luck in the British Isles…
HAND OF GLORY
The hand of glory is the severed hand of a hanged murderer, magically preserved, once was used as a Charm in black-magic spells and was…
Hair and Nails
Hair and nails possess magical attributes that contain the essence of a person, and thus are important ingredients in many magic spells. Hair is associated…
HAG STONE
A hag stone is in folk magic, a stone with a hole in it hung in homes and stables to keep away hAgs or witches,…
Hag
A hag is an old, ugly woman believed to be a witch or sorceress; also, a supernatural, Demonic being whose powers enable her to live…
Gypsies
Gypsies are nomadic people who probably emerged out of northern India around the 10th century and spread throughout Europe, the British Isles and eventually America.…
Gwydion the Wizard
Gwydion the Wizard In Welsh Celtic mythology, the heroic wizard (see Wizard) and bard of North Wales, whose tales are told in The Mabinogion. Gwydion…
Guazzo, Francesco-Maria
Francesco-Maria Guazzo (17th century) was an Italian friar and Demonologist. Francesco-Maria Guazzo is best known as the author of Compendium Maleficarum (Handbook of Witches), a…
Gruber, Bernardo
BernardoGruber (17th century) German trader accused of sorcery by Pueblo Indians in northern New Mexico. Bernardo Gruber was imprisoned. He escaped but died a strange…
