afraid, altar, anti-Christian, association, assumption, athame
bad luck, believer, beltane, bewitch, black, black cat, brew, broom
candlemas, cauldron, caution, Celtic, chalice, circle, cloak, cone of power, coven, crystals
damage, daring, dark, deed, demon, devil, devil marks, different, divination, doom, dragons
esbat, evil, evil eye
faery, familiar, fear, formula
goat’s face, goddess, gossip
Halloween, harm, helper, herbs, hover, hysteria
incantation, incense, initiation, innuendo, invisible, isolated
jack-o-lantern
keen, kettle, knowledge
lamentation, lammas, life, location, locks, lughnassad
mabon, magic, magical, meetings, misfortune, misinformation, misunderstandings, monster, moon, mystery
nature, negative
ostara, outdoors
pagan, pendulum, pentacle, persecution, potion, power, practice, property
quake, quantity, quick, quiver
recitation, religion, rite, ritual, robes, rumor
sabbat, Sabbath, sacrifice, samhain, Satan, scary, sell, sensitivity, Shamanism, solstice, sorcerer, soul, spell, spells, spirit, spirits, stereotyping, stories, suffering, summon, supernatural, superstition, suspect, suspicion
tarot, thirteen, torture
uneasy, unnatural, unusual
variety, various, victim, voodoo
wand, warlock, wicca, witch, Witches’ Sabbath, worrisome, worship
yule
Names of some well-known witches: Circe = featured in Homer’s Odyssey, Medea = helped Jason get the Golden Fleece, Joan of Arc = French citizen burned at the stake
Examples of tests to see if a woman was a witch: birthmarks, moles, scars and unusual markings
Note: Some words and information adapted from the Book of Shadows from Dennyse Dias
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