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Articles relating to familiars and their depictions, supernatural entities or spiritual guardians that would protect or assist witches and cunning folk in their practice of magic. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
A late-16th-century English illustration of a witch feeding her familiars. In European folklore of the medieval and early modern periods, familiars (strictly familiar spirits, as "familiar" also meant just "close friend" or companion, and may be seen in the scientific name for dog, Canis familiaris) were believed to be supernatural entities, interdimensional beings, or spiritual guardians that ...
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The first part of Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits is devoted to a historical examination of the professional cunning folk and accused witches of Early Modern Britain, with a particular focus on the beliefs in familiar spirits that they held to; according to Wilby, this serves the purpose of "illustrat[ing] in some detail, the event-pattern ...
Misogyny and patriarchy, Yates adds, are the main reasons why fear and stigma around witchcraft perpetuate. Narratives built and formed by men in power have set the stage for the misinformation we ...
The Tennessee Titans interviewed four more candidates Saturday in their search for a new general manager. Tennessee virtually interviewed Colts assistant general manager Ed Dodds, Seattle senior ...
Eventually, it came to be believed that imps were the familiar spirit servants of witches and warlocks, where the little demons served as spies and informants. During the time of the witch hunts , supernatural creatures such as imps were sought out as proof of witchcraft , though often the so-called imp was merely a black cat , a lizard , a ...