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Enchantress Circe used potions to transform people into animals, and [despite foretelling their deaths] to help Odysseus' crew navigate the Sirens, Scylla, Charybdis & Helios' Island. Their boat was ultimately destroyed by Zeus' thunderbolt.
🎨Linda & Roger Garland / Jan Styka
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In Welsh folklore, Orddu (the Very Black Witch) dwelt in the Valley of Desolation, on the border of Earth and Hell. Her great strength defeated many of King Arthur's warriors. However, Arthur was able to acquire her blood, which was needed to give the giant king Ysbaddaden a shave.
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La Lechuza is a white owl who is in fact a witch, appearing as a massive raptor who preys on souls at night from the Rio Grande Valley on down. Any white owl could be her: so beware. #FairytaleTuesday
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La Lechuza is a white owl who is in fact a witch, appearing as a massive raptor who preys on souls at night from the Rio Grande Valley on down. Any white owl could be her: so beware. #FairytaleTuesday
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Most witches' familiars are remnants of the holy animals of pagan deities, demonized as people continued practicing pre-Christian folk magic and religion. Cats, for example, are holy to the Nordic "witch goddess" Freyja, and Egyptian Bast. #FairytaleTuesday
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Most witches' familiars are remnants of the holy animals of pagan deities, demonized as people continued practicing pre-Christian folk magic and religion. Cats, for example, are holy to the Nordic "witch goddess" Freyja, and Egyptian Bast. #FairytaleTuesday
🖼: D. Zemba
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Alice Kyteler is the Witch of Kilkenny, accused in 1324 in Ireland's first known witch trial. She slew her four husbands by poison and was said to have laid with an incubus and renounced Christ. After she fled, a servant was killed in her place. #FairytaleTuesday
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Alice Kyteler is the Witch of Kilkenny, accused in 1324 in Ireland's first known witch trial. She slew her four husbands by poison and was said to have laid with an incubus and renounced Christ. After she fled, a servant was killed in her place. #FairytaleTuesday
🖼: P. Shaw
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Want good luck? Keep geese! According to the inhabitants of the Kenyan village of Kakamega, geese can sense a witch and thus will begin to honk, indicating families should be on their guard, thus preventing witches from souring the luck of the family. #FairytaleTuesday
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Want good luck? Keep geese! According to the inhabitants of the Kenyan village of Kakamega, geese can sense a witch and thus will begin to honk, indicating families should be on their guard, thus preventing witches from souring the luck of the family. #FairytaleTuesday
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Awen is passion, inspiration, instinct that drives artists and muses in medieval Welsh thought. Sometimes depicted as coming from the cauldron of the white witch Ceridwen, awen is what drives people to create and craft. #FairytaleTuesday
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Awen is passion, inspiration, instinct that drives artists and muses in medieval Welsh thought. Sometimes depicted as coming from the cauldron of the white witch Ceridwen, awen is what drives people to create and craft. #FairytaleTuesday
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Prior to 1840, the mother of Hansel and Gretel is the villain who forces her husband to leave the children in the woods, but the Brothers Grimm sanitized the tale, for how could a biological mother do such a thing? It is also implied she may be the witch. #FairytaleTuesday
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Prior to 1840, the mother of Hansel and Gretel is the villain who forces her husband to leave the children in the woods, but the Brothers Grimm sanitized the tale, for how could a biological mother do such a thing? It is also implied she may be the witch. #FairytaleTuesday
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In Finnish folklore, Louhi is the witch queen of the dark kingdom of Pohjola. When the demigod shaman Väinämöinen steals the Sampo (a wealth-making magic artifact) from her, Louhi turns into a monstrous eagle to pursue his ship, carrying her army on her back.
🎨Akseli Gallen-Kallela
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✨🔥✨Circe The Sorceress - by John Williams Waterhouse.
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In Welsh folklore, the Witches of Caer Lloyw are "maiden hags" skilled in both witchcraft and warfare. They teach combat skills to the Arthurian knight Peredur (Sir Percival). However, when he discovers they had tormented his relatives, Peredur takes revenge.
🎨Jérôme Lereculey
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