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The witches have been around for centuries, but today we think most of them as caricature antagonists with green skin, pointed hats and a malefic laugh. Many fairy tales have been written on the witches, but as we all know very well, all fairy tales have at least a certain truth that they were often based on real events. So what do we know witches, really? In addition to the "facts" they use dark forces to make such dark spells and were formerly burned at the witch hunt. Here are 10 facts that you probably did not know about the witches.

Wicca is from witchcraft
While witchcraft has nothing to do with religion - she actually inspired it. Founded by Gerald Gardner, the Wicca is a religion that combines old pagan rituals and an adoration of the goddess of the moon and the God with horns, although lines also adore a number of other deities. Wiccans believe in the power of Mother Earth, reincarnation and the importance of maintaining balance in everything. They also believe in the spiritual kingdom and often treat creatures the inhabitant.

Some witches make the magic "black"
Sorcery has nothing to do with Satan, although Christianity has spent a few centuries trying to convince everyone else. Most wizards are good and practice spells that will only benefit others, but there are also those who practice black magic. Such spells do not involve bloody sacrifices or invoking evil spirits, but they can harm other people. Free will is very important for wiccans. Most of them do not even think about making black magic or magic of any kind. According to the Wiccan Ree, all you do come from you, that's why you will not find many dark art practitioners.


Fairy tales are wrong
At least those created by the powerful powerful Disney and Brothers Grimm. We grew up that the witches are bad and fairies are these incredible light carriers that always come to the rescue. The reality of Irish, Scottish and English folklore said otherwise. Fairy are the malicious folks living under the hills and have a history of kidnapping children. On May 4, they come to the Kingdom of Men to kidnap the children and leave the Doppelgängers diabolics rather. Some travelers also become unlucky and can wander in the fairy field. Time passes differently there, so when they come back, they discover hundreds of years have passed since the day of their disappearance.

Wiccans do not marry
Instead, Wiccan wizards have a fast-run ceremony, during which their hands are connected symbolically together in a kind of short-term marriage. The fast fast ceremony binds two people together for more than a year (and one day!), After which they can separate from the ways or tie the node for real. It very similar to a person before going throughout the construction of a family affair. This ceremony is popular among the witches, but you do not need to be a witch or Wiccan to participate in one.


It's sunny enough in the Wiccan sky
Also called Summerland, Wiccan Heaven seems to be a nice place. There is no hell in Wiccan's religion, then all souls go directly to heaven where they decide to decide whether they come back and live another life as part of their cycle of reincarnation, or to stay and stay and stay to help him guide new souls. Some believe that Summerland is more than a ghost kingdom, but the wickens of how Wiccans are not afraid of death and see it more like a crossing on the other side and not the end of everything.

Men can also be witches
Women have always been considered more vulnerable to "obscure forces", then they were historically those that were often considered witches. The medieval witch persecutions were more "open-minded" and hunted everyone, including men and children. About 157 people were burned at participation in 1626-1631 during Würzburg's witch test! In the elders, the men who practiced magic were called warfenkers, wizards or wizards. Warlock means a "oath breaker", so it is better to avoid using this word.


No one is burned at Salem's stake
This can surprise most of you, with Salem, Massachusetts being one of the most notorious witch's hunting settings in history (between February 1692 and 1693). Nobody was actually burned in the good town of Salem. As in all American colonies, English legislation was prohibited by the English law. So they had to do with what they had. Most accused wizards were hanging apart from those who were stoned to death. It's a bit like the old thing about "Leave him without sin launched the first stone", but it's for a future article. Just say that these Salem people were quite full of themselves with a large dose of hysteria. About 200 people, men and women, were accused of witchcraft in Salem and at least 20 were executed.


The book of shadows exists
We all watched the charm television show and know exactly what the book of shadows is like - it is packed with rituals, spells, potion recipes and magic 101 for all kinds of accidents. In real life, all witches have their own "book of shadows" which is a kind of magic newspaper where they keep all their research, their spells, their incantations and what. These logs were generally written in coded language to avoid persecution. They are usually burned after the death of the witch. In modern witchs, witches can keep all their secrets in a cloud stored somewhere safely in the Internet. It's like magic too!

Witches can make people confess
It can be done using a rather rare object named a Quirin stone. If you put this stone under the pillow of a person while he or she sleeps - you will have them to tell you all their secrets! Or at least a truth you really want to know. Most people (not even witches themselves) know if this stone works or not as they are quite difficult to come. You can find these quirin stones in the nests of only two birds that reside in Asia, Africa and Europe - the hoopoe and lapwing. This means you will not find these stones in a store and it's probably a good thing. Just imagine if they had bad hands!


Witches actually use knives for rituals, but that's not what you think
It is true that almost all Wiccan rituals include knives, but they are not used to perform blood sacrifices or something like that. In fact, the witches are all against living beings and that includes both humans and animals. What they do with the knife, however, is cut the negative energy in a cleaning form. The ritual knives are also used to make sculptures on candles and to cut herbs.