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  2. The Witches (novel) - Wikipedia

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    The author was “well satisfied” [3] by his work on The Witches, a sentiment which literary biographer Robert Carrick believes may have come from the fact that the novel was a departure from Dahl’s usual “all-problem-solving finish.” [3] Dahl did not work on the novel alone; he was aided by editor Stephen Roxburgh, who helped rework ...

  3. Cutty-sark (witch) - Wikipedia

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    Cutty-sark (18th century Scots for a short chemise or undergarment [1]) is a nickname given to Nannie, [citation needed] a fictional witch created by Robert Burns in his 1791 poem "Tam o' Shanter", after the garment she wore. In the poem, the erotic sight of her dancing in such a short clothing caused the protagonist Tam to cry out "Weel done ...

  4. Triple Goddess (Neopaganism) - Wikipedia

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    [2] Additional examples of the goddess Hecate viewed as a triple goddess associated with witchcraft include Lucan's tale of a group of witches, written in the 1st century BCE. In Lucan's work (LUC. B.C. 6:700-01), the witches speak of "Persephone, who is the third and lowest aspect of our goddess Hecate". [3]

  5. Tam o' Shanter (poem) - Wikipedia

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    It attracts both Robert Burns fans and local witches and Wicca historians. The Tam O'Shanter Inn in Los Angeles, California, was named after the Robert Burns poem and was established in 1922 by the Van de Kamp bakery family. As of 2017, it is Los Angeles' oldest restaurant operated by the same family in the same location.

  6. What Everyone Gets Wrong About Witches, According to a ... - AOL

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    The history of witchcraft and the prosecution of witches (whether they were real witches or not) is long and complicated. ... Robert Pattinson stars as an 'expendable' in new 'Mickey 17' trailer ...

  7. Are witches real? Everything to know on spells, magic and more

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    The persecution of witches in history. Whether you call them shamen, alchemists, herbalists, Wiccans or witches, the practice of witchcraft, by any name, has been around almost as long as humans have.

  8. Warlock - Wikipedia

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    Although most victims of the witch trials in early modern Scotland were women, some men were executed as warlocks. [9] [10] [11]In his day, the Scottish mathematician John Napier (1550–1617) was often perceived as a warlock or magician because of his interests in divination and the occult, though his establishment position likely kept him from being prosecuted.

  9. Robert Calef - Wikipedia

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    Robert Calef (baptized 2 November 1648 – 13 April 1719) [1] was a cloth merchant in colonial Boston. He was the author of More Wonders of the Invisible World , a book composed throughout the mid-1690s denouncing the recent Salem witch trials of 1692–1693 and particularly examining the influential role played by Cotton Mather .