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Toad Magic

June 21, 2020 boneandsickle antiquity, Astor Place Riot, black magic, broadsheets, Canidia, criminals, cults, cunning folk, Devil, EPISODE, familiars, folk customs, folk medicine, folklore, frogs, history, James I, Macbeth, medicine, Middle Ages, mythology, necromancy, poison, Scotland, Shakespeare, superstition, toads, witchcraft, witches, zombies, Zugarramurdi

Toads have long been associated with magic, as witches’ familiars and as a source both of poison as folk healing.[…]

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Episode 9: Cave Witches

August 7, 2018 boneandsickle EPISODE, fairies, folklore, Greek myth, history, legends, mythology, pagan, paganism, prophecy, witchcraft, Zugarramurdi

In this episode of Bone and Sickle, we’re looking at the folklore and history of witches associated with caves. We[…]

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