Halloween Animations
The date is the last day of October. The sun set 5 hours ago, Halloween approaches. Imagine you are walking past a church yard. You suspect that the graves are haunted.
A Spell of Witches – 13 = A coven
A Coven of Witches (Wicce)
Did you know that a coven of witches, means a gathering of 13 witches. Unfortunately, for some of us, a coven of witches can gather not just at Halloween, but at any time of the year. Sister, mother, aunty …. hmm that’s a lot of witch power.
English has many nouns which apply to either gender for example, child, spy, or even angel. Originally witch was one of these neutral words, but increasingly, witch is a female preserve, and the equivalent male word became warlock.
There are other older words for witch, and they do have gender specific endings, wicca (male) and wicce (female). Curiously, the plural of wicca and wicce is wiccan.
The oldest pre-Christian meaning for wicce and wicca includes fortune-teller as well as creator of sorcery, medicine and black magic. As with many ancient cults, most of the wiccan secrets were passed on by word of mouth. Then just when information started to be written down, witches were literally hunted down and killed, thus not much incentive for them to write things down. Indeed, the ‘t’ first appears in the word wiTch in reference to witch hunts in the 16th century.
Another Anglo-Saxon documents have the spelling as ‘Wica’. Many Saxon tribes had a ‘wise man’ or ‘wise woman’, who were consulted for potions to cure illnesses. It was a natural development of human nature to produce magic potions, which may (or may not) act as love charms, or spells to satisfy peoples’ desires.
Films Featuring a Coven of Witches
- Practical Magic (1998) With Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are the witches.
- Deadtime Stories (1986) A traveller falls victim to a coven of witches.
- Crowhaven Farm (1970) Maggie and Ben move into the farm to try to save their troubled marriage. They soon see why the farm has a reputation for being haunted by spirits, and why it maybe the home of an ancient coven of witches.
Funny Halloween Costume for Warlock (Wicca)
We are on the lookout for more Halloween Animations if you have any please email us.
There are witches in my mailbox. What am I to do? I found them there this morning, doing things they shouldn’t do!! How the witches got there, I haven’t got a clue. But they won’t be there much longer because I’m sending them to YOU!!!!!! You’ve been Witch Kissed! Before the warts begin to spread, pass the kisses on instead!
