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Witch Glossary- Page 5

Number Thirteen ( 13 )

Number of Transgression, Transformation, and Mystical Manifestation The number thirteen has long occupied a paradoxical position in superstition, religion, and esoteric tradition. Widely regarded as a number of misfortune and dangerous
2 March 2018
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Herne the Hunter

Herne the Hunter: The Antlered Ghost of Windsor Forest Herne the Hunter is one of the most haunting figures in English folklore: a spectral huntsman said to haunt Windsor Great Park near Windsor Castle in England. He appears as a
3 August 2017
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Silver in Witchcraft

Silver has long held a special place in magical traditions. Among modern Pagans, Witches, occult practitioners,

OWLS

The owl is associated with death, sorcery and the dark underside of life. To the ancient

Ladder

Widely held superstitions that it is bad luck to walk beneath a ladder are related in part to fears about witches, especially during the witch hunt times in colonial America. Not all
3 August 2017

Knots

The tying and untying of knots is used to bind and release energy in many folk magic spells and formulas. The ancient Egyptians and Greeks tied knots in cords for love spells.
3 August 2017

Kiss of Shame

The kiss of shame is a homage paid to the Devil by kissing his posterior. The osculum infame, as it was called, was mentioned, in nearly every recorded account of a witches’
3 August 2017

Juan

Juan : In Hispanic lore, any man named Juan has the power to catch witches. To do so, he must draw a Magic circle on the ground and sit inside it. Then
3 August 2017

Iron in Witchcraft

Iron is in folklore, one of the best charms against witches, sorcerers, Demons and other evil spirits. In Europe, folklore holds that witches cannot pass over cold iron, and burying an iron
3 August 2017

Mother Redcap

Mother Redcap : A name applied to English ale-wives, wise women and witches. It was also given to Familiar animals. One Mother Redcap was an elderly woman who lived in a village
3 August 2017

Ill-wishing

ill-wishing A Curse that is the product of envy, revenge and anger. In earlier times, people commonly blamed their misfortune on the ill-wishing of others. If two people argued and then one
3 August 2017

Hutton, Ronald

Ronald Hutton (1954– ) Professor of history at Bristol University in England and an authority on the history of Paganism and Witchcraft in Britain. Ronald Hutton studied history at Pembroke College, Cambridge.
3 August 2017

Horseshoe

A horseshoe is an amulet against witches, Fairies, the Devil, bewitchment, evil spirits and the eVIl eye. In earlier times, horseshoes were made of Iron, which in folklore weakens and repels all
3 August 2017

Horned God

Horned God : In contemporary Paganism and Witchcraft, the consort of the Goddess and representative of the male principle of the Supreme Deity. The Horned God is the lord of the woodlands,
3 August 2017
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