World Wide Witchy Links

These links are intended to provide readings for further study of the topics presented in Susan Cocalis’s course Witches: Myth and Reality, German 363.

New Links:

• Funkenfeuer - pictures
• another fotograph

• The Occult Art Gallery - This site is a treasure trove of images, and essay on occult art.
• Mayan Witch Iconography - A brief look at historical Mayan witch art.

• Traditions of Magic in Late Antiquity - Recipes, Amulets, Demon Bowls, and Aggressive Magic.
• Witches in the Bible and Talmud
• Catholic View of Withcraft - From a Catholic Glossary, the medium is new, but the message is old.
• Hecate, the Dark Goddess
• Ancient Goddesses - Short descriptions of many goddesses.
• The Wild Hunt

• How Witches Sold Their Souls - Making and breaking a pact with the devil.
• How to Identify a Witch - Scales, familiars, the devil's mark, sink or swim.
• Curious Punishments of Bygone Days - Curiously painful maybe...
• The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe

• Christian Torture Methods and Images - 27, count ’em, 27 Illustrated methods of torture.
• 10 Common Errors and Myths about the Witch Hunts, Corrected and Commented
• Finnish Witch Trials, 1500-1750

On Torture

• Amnesty International
• Association for the Prevention of Torture

• Witchcraft in Salem Village - Rare books and maps.
• The American Witch Craze - Information on puritanism and the Salem trials.
• Groton In The Witchcraft Times - Examination from 1883.
• Salem at Nationalgeographic.com - What it meant to be accused.
• The Salem Witch Trials 1692—A Chronology of Event
• Books and Research on the Salem Trials
• Infos on Puritanism
• Elisabeth Knapp

• Norse Mythology - Pre-Christian religion of the Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, and Danish peoples.
• Swedish Folktales - Nþcken, Lucia, Gnomes, Witches, and SkogsrŒ.
• Scandinavian Folklore and Mythology
• Slavic and East European Folklore Association
• German Changeling Legends

• Exhaustive Works of Brothers Grimm
• A portal to the realm of fairy tale and folklore studies
• English Fairy Tales
• More English Fairy Tales
• Fairy Tales and Stories - by Hans Christian Andersen.

• The Pagan’s Path
• Pagan Glossary
• Slavic Paganism and Witchcraft - Slavic pagan beliefs holidays, gods and goddesses.
• Hrafnar - Hrafnar Circle is a religious community open to both men and women, focusing on worship of Aesir and Vani.
• Caduceus Books - Rare, second-hand, and limited edition books on the occult.

• Witchy Origin of the Word Mascot
• Koekchuch - Lesbian Shamans of Kamchatka.
• Changing Image of the Witch Over Time - PDF document, requires Adobe Acrobat.
• The Modern Witch in the Media
• Media Witches Verses Real Witches

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