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Witches

  • My Top 10 Things We did on Our Honeymoon (aside from the obvious)

    Hello my lovely readers, I am back!   We are back from our incredible honeymoon in Massachusetts, and I already miss Salem!   For today’s first post back here on White Rose of Avalon, I would like to do a countdown of my top ten favorite things my husband and I did. Number 10: Lizzie…

  • Witchy Animals

    For today’s post I would like to discuss animals that have been associated with witches, and used as familiars throughout history!    These animals are snakes, toads, rabbits, foxes, wolves, crows/ravens, owls, and of course cats. Firstly I would like to define what a familiar is.    A familiar is a special animal that helps…

  • Freya: Warrior Love Goddess

    For today’s post I would like to take a look at the Love Goddess of the Norse Pantheon.    Freya was a goddess of both love and war.    She was in this way associated with both life and death, and even had a hall of warrior’s souls (just like Odin did), and she got…

  • Common Accusations of Witchcraft

    For today’s blog post I would like to take a look at some of the causes of witchcraft accusations in history.   There are many reasons that women (and some men) have been accused of witchcraft throughout the centuries.     In the common era witchcraft is understood to be a part of nature based religious…

  • James I: Witch-Hunter King

    James VI of Scotland became James I of England in 1603, after the childless death of Elizabeth I.    He is most often remembered for being the first Stuart king of England, and the first monarch to rule a united England and Scotland.     Another important fact about James I is that he was…