Witchcraft

A look into the belief of Witches and Witchcraft according to different World Cultures thru time.

Witch Smeller

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'' …

Clay Body

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 …

Nabrok

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 …

The Witch of Berkely

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 …

Witch Ball

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) …

Witch Post

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 …

Witch Window

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 ( …

Wicker Man

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 …

Warlock

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 …

The Margaret Jones Case

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 …

The Triple Goddess

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 …

Graeae

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 …