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Johannes Cuntius: The Pentsch Vampire

Cuntius, Johannes (Pentsch Vampire)

Johannes Cuntius: The Pentsch Vampire Johannes Cuntius, also known as the Pentsch Vampire, is one of the stranger cases in early modern vampire lore. His story comes from Silesia and was recorded
12 October 2017
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Devil’s Pact

A Devil’s pact is a pledge to serve the Devil or one of his Demons. The pact may be made orally, but according to lore it is best to write it on virgin parchment and sign it in blood. The
25 July 2017
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Padilha, Maria

Maria Padilha: Queen of Pomba Gira In the sixteenth century, Portugal became the first European nation

Minona

ORIGIN: Fon (Benin, formerly Dahomey) Minona is a powerful forest-dwelling spirit of magic, fertility, and domestic

Arae

Arae (altars) In Roman mythology, rocks in the Mediterranean between Africa and Sardinia. Vergil’s Aeneid (book 1) tells how Aeneas lost most of his fleet there. It is also the place where
13 November 2017

Antinous

Antinous (hostile mind) (c. 110 c.e.) In Roman history and legend, the emperor Hadrian’s male lover, drowned in the Nile. Whether Antinous drowned himself or was murdered is not known. Hadrian had
13 November 2017

Ancile

An Ancile is in ancient Roman ritual, a small, oval, sacred shield, curved inward on either side, believed to have fallen from heaven during the reign of Numa. There was a prophecy
13 November 2017

Amor

Amor (love) In Roman mythology, a name given to Cupid, the god of love, son of Venus and Mars; called Eros in Greek mythology. SEE ALSO: Roman Mythology SOURCE: Encyclopedia of World
13 November 2017

Amburbium

Amburbium (around the city) In Roman cult, the name for a solemn procession of the people, led by the pontifex and various orders of priests, three times around the boundaries of Rome.
13 November 2017

Augustine of Canterbury, St.

St. Augustine of Canterbury, (venerable) (Died 605) In Christian legend, first archbishop of Canterbury. Feast, 26 May. The legend of St. Augustine of Canterbury is told in St. Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of
13 November 2017

Augustine, St.

Saint Augustine (venerable) (354–430) – In Christian legend, bishop of Hippo in Africa; Doctor of the Church; author of The City of God, a defense of Christianity against pagan philosophy, and an
13 November 2017

Athanasius, St.

Athanasius, St. (immortal) (c. 296–373) In Christian legend, bishop of Alexandria; one of the Greek Doctors of the Church. Feast, 2 May. A pupil of St. Anthony the Abbot, Athanasius wrote what
13 November 2017

Apollonia, St.

Apollonia, St. (of Apollo) (third century) In Christian legend, patron of dentists and their patients. Feast, 9 February. The life of the saint is recorded in The Golden Legend, a collection of
13 November 2017

Anthony the Abbot, St.

Anthony the Abbot, St. (praiseworthy, priceless) (251–356) In Christian legend, patron saint of basket makers. Invoked against erysipelas (or St. Anthony’s fire), an acute local inflammation of the skin. Feast, 17 January.
13 November 2017
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