Witchcraft
A look into the belief of Witches and Witchcraft according to different World Cultures thru time.
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/witch-smeller
4th Jan 2023 - A somewhat ancient term, a ''Witch Smeller'' was a vocation held by women of The Zulu and Bantu Peoples of South Africa. Unlike their name ''Smeller'' …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/clay-body
4th Jan 2023 - A Scottish ''Sorcery Legend'', the so-called ''Clay Body'' was a construct made by a Witch or Warlock. This was a ''life-sized'' figure ''made to rese …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/nabrok
4th Jan 2023 - A very strange facet of Icelandic Witchcraft and related Sorcery ''Nabrok'' or ''Necrotrousers'', were supposedly ''pants'' constructed from the skin …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-witch-of-berkely
4th Jan 2023 - In a cautionary tale from medieval Berkely, England – comes the story of a Witch who ''sold Her Soul'' to The Devil. In exchange, She requested …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/witch-ball
4th Jan 2023 - Linked to Dunking Stools and other devices used to determine if a person was a Witch, Witch Balls were circular Orbs (resembling a Christmas ornament) …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/witch-post
4th Jan 2023 - Indicative to Northern England, and dating to the 13th Century (until the 18th Century), The Witch Post was seen as an important fixture to the protec …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/witch-window
4th Jan 2023 - An unusual architecture design seen primarily in America's New England States, The Witch Window is a squared window placed normally on a Gable ( …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/wicker-man
3rd Jan 2023 - A supposed ritual practice of several Pagan Religions and beliefs, The ''Wicker Man'' can be traced as far back as the 4th Century BC (when witn …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/warlock
3rd Jan 2023 - The Male counterpart of a Female Witch – ''Warlock'' traces it's origin as a word from first The Norse (7th Century) and later Old English (whic …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-margaret-jones-case
3rd Jan 2023 - Margaret Jones.....a 17th Century Colonial American Midwife or Witch? Jones would have the dubious ''honor'' of being recorded as the first Pers …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-triple-goddess
3rd Jan 2023 - In many Pagan and Neo-Pagan Belief Systems, the ideology of ''The Triple Goddess'' related to the belief that there are three Female Deities responsib …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/graeae
2nd Jan 2023 - In Greek Mythology – The Graeae were three blind Witches, who had the power of Future ''sight''. This ability was tapped into by the use of a si …