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The Werewolf is a creature that has terrified many a people for centuries. These creatures are human b day but have the ability to transform into a wolf at night to fed on other humans. The transformation into their beastly side takes place at full moon but can also be accomplished when wearing wolf skin. Some are constantly in the form of a half-wolf half- human creature as a result from an unfortunate curse. The cause for becoming a Were-wolf varies. Some become Werewolves by eating the brains of a wolf, a practice that is common among sorcerers, being conceived at full moon, drinking water that a wolf has drunk from, sleeping under a full moon on a Friday or by living the life of a wolf. Other causes include being touched by a wolf, being, eating certain herbs or by being cursed. You can tell that a person is a werewolf if they have a uni-brow, different coloured eye or short clawed fingers and fangs instead of canine teeth. . . . → Read More: Ancient Tales of Werewolves
As Christmas comes each year we settle in to our Christmas traditions that are unique to this country. Some are quite odd, like mall stampede the day after Thanksgiving, but others are classics. There are Christmas trees, eggnog, and letters from Santa Clause. These are the things that we just have to have every year to . . . → Read More: Christmas Traditions Around The World
Halloween, or what was known in its origin as All Hallows’ Eve, occurs on Oct. 31, means the night preceding All Saints’ or All Hallows’ Day. It takes its origin from the conversion in the Seventh Century of the Pantheon at Rome into a Christian place of worship and its dedication to the Virgin and all . . . → Read More: The Meaning of All Hallows’ Eve or Halloween
Tis Halloween, a time which once was of sacred honor, a time in which today we delight in the fright. Ah, perhaps my spelling is a bit mistaken, perhaps I should say, “A time in Witch we delight in the fright”.
On this occasion when our children take to the street in the darkness of night, adorned . . . → Read More: The Old Witch by The Brothers Grimm
Halloween is thought to be a night when witches, devils, and other mischief-making beings are all abroad on their baneful, midnight errands; particularly those aerial people, the fairies, are said, on that night, to hold a grand anniversary. It is a night of costumes, and mischief, pumpkins and folly.
Another story is told of Halloween in . . . → Read More: All Hallow’d Eve – Oh Souls, Once more
Exploring the Ancient Art of Snake Reading
In the Ainu culture in Japan there were those who used the ancient art of Ophiomancy, or predicting events by use of a serpent. This practice was maintained and performed by the skilled woman witch-doctor.
The witch-doctor would keep the image of a serpent in her hut all of . . . → Read More: Serpent Predictions: The Forgotten Art of Ophiomancy
I think just about all of us have superstitions. Whether its those bad ones like not walking under a ladder, or good ones like finding a four-leaf clover (or five, like I found today), we’re all susceptible to thoughts of luck.
It’s easy to see how something tangible can bring luck, or misfortune. Animals have often been . . . → Read More: Intuitive Meaning of Friday the 13th – How Lucky Can You Get?
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