Witch Krafting with Kat

Lady's Newspaper and Pictorial Times  -  Saturday 12 July 1856 To view this page please visit.  https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/summersolstice

  The frog prince (1913) Welcome to part three of my Arthur Rackham gallery. My galleries are just a tiny collection of the amazing body of work he created in his lifetime. As he had produced so many wonderful pieces of artwork I promise to post more of Arthurs work in the near future. Until then here are some more beautiful images for you to enjoy.  Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman (1927) The Frogs and the Well (1912) Mother Goose Somebody has been at my porridge, and has eaten it all up! (1927) The Gnat and the Lion (1912) The giant Galligantua and the wicked old magician transform the duke’s daughter into a white hind (1927) ‘Well!’ she chuckled, ‘I am in luck!’ (1927) The witch Sycorax Tree of mine! O Tree of mine! Have you seen my naughty little maid (1927) Witches and warlocks, ghosts, goblins and ghouls (1911) Images and info sourced from ARTVEE. All images are in the public domain.  Thank you for visiting my blog. Witchy Wednesday returns next wee...

Val Thomas made this quilt panel depicting Elizabeth Bradwell, one of the women hanged as a witch Please visit BBC news for full article.   Pilgrimage remembers women condemned as witches

Damselflies found in my garden and on local walks June 2025.  I found this interesting article online about the folklore of Damselflies which I will be looking more deeply into.  Folklore Dragonflies hold a dark and unfair reputation in European folklore; in Norway, they are referred to as Eye Pokers, and in Portugal, Eye Snatchers. Several English vernacular names for dragonflies misleadingly allude to them having powerful stings, with Horse Stinger and Devil’s Darning Needle among the most alarming. They are often associated with snakes, as demonstrated by their Welsh name, Gwas y Neidr, or Servant of the Snake. Such serpentine superstitions even span the Atlantic Ocean, where in North America, the Dakota people claim dragonflies to be witches’ familiars and the Pueblo and Zuni People believe Dragonflies to follow snakes beneath the Earth to heal them.  For the full article please visit  https://www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/llanelli/news/gwas-y-neidr-servant-of-t...

  Wishing you all a lucky Friday the 13th!  There are some fabulous articles on the History website including some on Friday the 13th and superstitions.  https://www.history.co.uk/articles/when-is-the-next-friday-13th https://www.history.co.uk/articles/why-friday-the-13th-was-the-unluckiest-day-for-the-templars

  Let us go to the shore, and I'll tell you my history. From Alice in Wonderland. Welcome to the second part of my blog feature about illustrator Arthur Rackham. This week I am mostly concentrating on posting a collection of some of my favourite drawings. Each one beautifully captures characters and atmosphere from some of histories most captivating stories and folk tales.  For a history of Arthur Rackham please visit my previous posting.  https://witchkraftingwithkat.blogspot.com/2025/06/welcome-back-witchy-wednesdays-arthur.html I shall be posting the Third and final gallery next week.  Design for cover of Cinderella (1919) Mother Goose. A carrion crow sat on an oak (1906-1921) Ophelia; from Rackham’s Illustrations to Lamb’s Tales from Shakespeare [Hamlet] (1906-1921) The Witch’s Pool (1904) Milton’s ‘Comus’. Sabrina rises (1906-1921) A Terrible Fellow, Little Brother and Little Sister interior illustration (1917) A chrysanthemum heard her, and said pointedly, ‘Hoi...