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5. Isis is a of the and in Isis women and children, and healed the sick. Closely linked to the throne, she was one of the greatest goddesses of
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4. In was the princess of who helped Jason and left her family only for him to try and abandon her which she quickly put a stop to. She was very misunderstood, for more info: https://t.co/Yl5jS6Flt0
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3. In was the queen of Her husband insulted the and she was cursed to mate with a bull making the She used her to posion the women Minos cheated on her with
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2. In was the daughter of She features in the turning the men of into pigs. She is one of the first and most well on own in western literature
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1. In was the of and spirits. She resides in the and is often said to help souls find their way to the
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My favorite witches for are the Graeae, or Grey Ladies. 3 sisters named Deino (dread), Enyo (horror) and Pemphredo (alarm). Sometimes old hags, sometimes young and fair, they shared one eye and one tooth between them. 🎃

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Ōmeteōtl is a pair of Aztec deities, one male and one female, representing cosmic duality. A magician of the highest order, Ōmeteōtl is the divine creator in some cosmologies, using magic to create the universe and giving that gift to humanity.

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The Iceni queen Boudica burned Camulodunum, Londinium, and Verulamium to the ground, and at each took the Roman women to sacred druidic trees sacred to the goddess Andraste. There she sacrificed them, impaling them and sewing their mouths shut, to summon victory

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Ignoring her parents' severe warnings, a defiant girl went to see the Frau Trude(#43). "I have been waiting for you. Light the way for me now!" With that, she turned the girl into a block of wood & threw her into the fire, until she was thoroughly aglow!

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Sondayo, the intrepid hero of a Suban-on epic, was sailing on a ship with some of his mates when they met the sorceress Bae Pindindingan along the way.
She invited them to share a few chews of betel nut, but Sondayo refused. Infuriated, Pindindingan raised a /1

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The Blackthorn rules the dark half of the year from It is dark moon magic, an “increaser of secrets.” Its thorns are the pins in a poppet, its wands used for cursing. A tree protected by faeries, its berries are the sloe. Img: Cicely Barker

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It was tradition to leave water out each night for certain fairies or they would drink the blood of those asleep inside the house. Fairies occasionally baked a blood cake & hid it in the house. If the people didn’t find & eat the cake, they would die.

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10. In is the of and the He is one of the oldest gods of who most likely developed from the earlier god
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9. In is a who rules over the identically-named Hel, the where many of the dead dwell. Hel is presented as being greedy, harsh, and cruel
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1. and fell in love, she died He travelled to the to retrieve her Orpheus convinced to free her, he did on the condition that Orpheus didn't look at her until out of Hades Orpheus failed and she was kept in Underworld
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🏴‍☠️The Flying Dutchman was captained by a madman who refused to make port in a storm. The vessel was condemned to sail eternally with a ghostly crew, never to make port again.

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Hades might be the Greek God of the underworld, but he's often regarded as one of Disney's funniest villains! Here with his evil minions, Panic and Pain who do his dirty work. From the 1997 film Hercules.

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In Haitian Vodou, Maman Brigitte is wife of Baron Samedi, the loa who leads the spirits of the dead to the beyond, to find peace and rest. She curses wickedly and has a taste for rum, and the rooster is her symbol, yet she is compassionate.

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