Witches

[Jack Skellington]

Awesome pic ramaries!

I live about a 45 minute drive away from a cave where the remains of a supposed Witch were found.

Taken from Wikipedia:

The Witch of Wookey Hole is a stalagmite in the first chamber of the caves and the central character in an old English legend. The story has several different versions with the same basic features:

A man from Glastonbury is betrothed to a girl from Wookey. A witch living in Wookey Hole Caves curses the romance so that it fails. The man, now a monk, seeks revenge on this witch who—having been jilted herself—frequently spoils budding relationships. The monk stalks the witch into the cave and she hides in dark corner near one of the underground rivers. The monk blesses the water and splashes some of it at the dark parts of the cave. Catching the witch off guard, the monk splashes the water at the dark corner she is hiding in. The blessed water immediately petrifies the witch, and she remains in the cave to this day.

It's a cool cave system too!

[Belladonna]

Awesome pic ramaries!

I live about a 45 minute drive away from a cave where the remains of a supposed Witch were found.

Taken from Wikipedia:

The Witch of Wookey Hole is a stalagmite in the first chamber of the caves and the central character in an old English legend. The story has several different versions with the same basic features:

A man from Glastonbury is betrothed to a girl from Wookey. A witch living in Wookey Hole Caves curses the romance so that it fails. The man, now a monk, seeks revenge on this witch who—having been jilted herself—frequently spoils budding relationships. The monk stalks the witch into the cave and she hides in dark corner near one of the underground rivers. The monk blesses the water and splashes some of it at the dark parts of the cave. Catching the witch off guard, the monk splashes the water at the dark corner she is hiding in. The blessed water immediately petrifies the witch, and she remains in the cave to this day.

It's a cool cave system too!

Very cool, Jack!

[Rising Dead Man]

More into them this year. I like the creepiness of the old ugly ones.

[Pumpkin_Man]

There are only two witches I am thourghly familiar with. One is Angelique from the tv show "Dark Shadows," and the other was Samantha from the tv sit com "Bewitched." They both had their own charm, but Angelique was clearly more the monster type. Both women were far from being the stereotypical old wart ravaged hags that fly around on broom sticks, but there was one episode of "Bewitched" where a neighbor who was trying to cheat with Samantha, she turned herself into a horifying looking witch. I remember that sending a shiver up my spine.

Mike

[ramaries69]

Rising Dead Man, that's one darn ugly witch!

[Midnite Shadow]

I still prefer, pretty witches!
This one's for you, Witchy!

I like these kinds of witches too...

[Murfreesboro]

So I just learned that 'witch' comes from some old Anglo-Saxon word that means 'wise one'. I bet Witchy already knew that though

I've heard this, too, but I was curious to know more, so I did a quick Google search on the etymology of the word. It seems the Old English "wicce" always connoted a female sorceress, and they were outlawed as long ago as King Alfred's day (9th century, 800s). There are some associations, though, that suggest they may have had lore in potions, which might have been very useful in a century where no one knew much of anything about drugs. And they most likely did have some connection or line of descent from pagan priestesses, etc.