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10. In #GreekMythology, the #Graeae, also called the Grey Sisters and the #Phorcides, were 3 #prophecy telling #Witches who shared 1 eye and 1 tooth. Their names were Deino, Enyo, and Pemphredo. They were the basis for the wierd sisters in #Macbeth
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9. In #NorseMythology, #Grímhildr was a beautiful but evil #sorceress who was married to king #Gjúki of #Burgundy; she is the mother of three sons, #Gunnar, #Hǫgni and #Guthormr, and a daughter, #Gudrun
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6. In #CelticMythology, #Cerridwen is the #goddess of #magic, the #moon, #agriculture, #poetry, #music and #art.
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5. Isis is a #goddess of #magic, the #moon and #life in #Egyptian #mythology. Isis #protected women and children, and healed the sick. Closely linked to the throne, she was one of the greatest goddesses of #ancientEgypt
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4. In #GreekMythology, #Medea was the #witch princess of #Colchis 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 #GreekMythology #Pasiphae was the #witch queen of #Crete Her husband insulted the #gods and she was cursed to mate with a bull making the #Minotaur She used her #magic to posion the women Minos cheated on her with
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2. In #GreekMythology, #Circe was the #witch daughter of #Helios. She features in the #Odyssey turning the men of #Odysseus into pigs. She is one of the first and most well on own #witches in western literature
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1. In #GreekMythology, #Hecate was the #goddess of #witches, #witchcraft and spirits. She resides in the #Underworld and is often said to help souls find their way to the #afterlife
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My favorite witches for #FairyTaleTuesday 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. 🎃 #31daysofHalloween #greekmyth #graeae
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. #FairyTaleTuesday
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 #FairyTaleTuesday
Ignoring her parents' severe warnings, a defiant girl went to see the #witch, 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! #FairyTaleTuesday
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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.
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The Blackthorn rules the dark half of the year from #Samhain. 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. #FairyTaleTuesday #Halloween Img: Cicely Barker
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. #FairyTaleTuesday #Halloween
10. In #Egyptian #Mythology #Anubis is the #god of #mummification and the #afterlife/#Underworld. He is one of the oldest gods of #Egypt, who most likely developed from the earlier #jackal god #Wepwawet
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9. In #NorseMythology, #Hel is a #goddess who rules over the identically-named Hel, the #underworld where many of the dead dwell. Hel is presented as being greedy, harsh, and cruel
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7. #Zagreus was an #Underworld #God of #hunting and #rebirth in #GreekMythology. He was a son of #Hades and #Persephone
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