Witches Folklore

Baba Yaga is in Russian folklore, a female witch who loved to roast and eat people, preferably children. She was ...

In English folklore, the Berkeley Witch was a wealthy woman who lived during the time of the Norman Conquest in ...

Canewdon Witches According to a prophecy by the famous 19th-century cunning man James Murrell, the Essex village of Canewdon, located ...

Cats have been associated with the supernatural since ancient times. Cats are associated with either good or bad luck, healing ...

Elf arrows are arrowhead-shaped flints from the Stone Age found in many parts of the British Isles, Europe and northern ...

fairy ring A natural mushroom fungus that grows in dark rings on grass and turf. In folklore it is said ...

Fortress of Dumbarton Legendary fortress at Dumbarton, Scotland, near Glasgow on the Clyde River, created by a band of angry ...

Horned Women : In Irish legend, 12 horned women, all witches, who take over the household of a rich woman ...

A lutin is a French name for a hobgoblin common in French folklore and fairy tales. The lutin is either ...

In folklore, money that comes from Fairies, witches, sorcerers (see sorcery) and the Devil turns out to be worthless. The ...

A Quirin (also quirus) is in folklore, a stone said to have the powers of a truth serum and highly ...

Redcap One of the most malignant and vampire-like goblins of the folklore of the border counties between England and Scotland ...

Salt Lane Witches : In English folklore, two white witches who once lived in Castle Street, Worcester, in medieval times ...

sea witches The sailing trade in Britain has been steeped for centuries in folklore, including belief in sea witches, who ...

The seventh child of a seventh child is in folklore, people who possess magical powers. Seven is the most mystical ...

sneezing According to a European folk belief, the soul flies out of the mouth whenever a person sneezes. A blessing ...

In folk Magic, a black spider eaten every morning between two slices of buttered bread will endow one with great ...

A Striga (also stria, strix) is a blood-drinking night spirit of classical antiquity, which became known as a witch in ...

The Tempestarii were in medieval lore, witches who specialized in storm raising for the mythical dwellers of a land in ...

Toad-Witch A special kind of self-initiated witch in English folklore. Toad-Witches, or Toadsmen and Toadswomen as they are also called, ...