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More Witches, a Witchy Wednesday article

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Three old hags surround a basket of new-born babies with bats in the distance. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/98. Francisco GoyaDate: [1796/98] Licence: Public Domain Mark Welcome to another Witchy Wednesday! This week I thought it would be nice to share with you some more fabulous images I have sourced from the Welcome Collection. The Welcome Collection is a fantastic place to do historical research both in person and online.  https://wellcomecollection.org/ All of these images are of different depictions of Witches and most are in the public domain due to their age. I have put the licence details on each one.  A monk and a statue of Saint Patrick trying to prevent the devil from snatching the corpse of a witch from its grave. Watercolour by E. Bell, 1804. Bell, Edward, 1768-1847.Date: 1804 Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) A room with hallucinatory beings and weird furnishings. Watercolour by Auguste Laurent, 1844. Auguste Laurent Date: 1844 Licence: Attribution 4...
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Wizards & Sorcerers! A Witchy Wednesday article.

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  A hooded alchemist at a furnace; above him hang dead animals: caricature. Watercolour painting. Licence:  Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Welcome to another Witchy Wednesday! This week I thought it would be nice to share with you some more fabulous images I have sourced from the Welcome Collection. The Welcome Collection is a fantastic place to do historical research both in person and online.  https://wellcomecollection.org/ All of these images are of different depictions of Wizards and most are in the public domain due to their age. I have put the licence details on each one.  A wizard and his accomplice performing incantations in a forest during a full moon. Etching by S. Palmer and A.H. Palmer. Samuel PalmerDate: 1883 Licence: Public Domain Mark A wizard conjuring a man from his grave. Etching. Licence:  Public Domain Mark A magician stands in the middle of a circle holding a stick in one hand and a bo...
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Testing for gremlins

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 Blah blah blah testing for gremlins 😆
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Witches, a Witchy Wednesday article.

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Drs. Hermanus Schaepman and Abraham Kuyper, shown as witches, stoke the fire of a cauldron from which emanate devils; symbolising their struggle to institute suffrage, against prevailing resistance in the Dutch second chamber. Reproduction of a lithograph after Van Geldorp, 1901. van Geldorp, active 1901.Date: 28 June 1901 Licence: Public Domain Mark Welcome to another Witchy Wednesday! This week I thought it would be nice to share with you some fabulous images I have sourced from the Welcome Collection. The Welcome Collection is a fantastic place to do historical research both in person and online.  https://wellcomecollection.org/ All of these images are of different depictions of Witches and all are in the public domain due to their age.  A lady seeking knowledge of her lover from a wizard. Process print after Sir E. Burne-Jones. Edward Burne-Jones Licence: Public Domain Mark A witch holding a plant in one hand and a fan in the other. Woodcut, ca. 1700-1720. Date: 1700-1720 ...
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Complex, dangerous, sexual beings': The centuries-old origins of current fairy fiction

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  Complex, dangerous, sexual beings': The centuries-old origins of current fairy fiction Visit BBC website for full article. And I would say more of an adult read so visit and read before sharing with younger Folklorists.    https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20260331-the-centuries-old-origins-of-faerie-smut
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May day blessings to you all xxxx

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  Have the happiest of days! 😊🌸🌿🌸🌿🌸🌿🌸🌿🌸🌿🌸🌿🌸🌿🌸🌿🌸🌿🌸🌿🌸🌿🌸🌿🌸
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Pagan Holidays: Walpurgis Night and how a British lady went from Catholic saint, to Germanic goddess, to witch and gave us a second Halloween

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Great article on Walpurgis Night please visit link below.    https://www.gothichorrorstories.com/pagans-and-heathens/pagan-holidays-walpurgis-night-and-how-a-british-lady-went-from-catholic-saint-to-germanic-goddess-to-witch-and-gave-us-a-second-halloween/
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