witchcraft Archives - Bone and Sickle

Born with a Veil

August 15, 2026 boneandsickle anomalies, Benandanti, birthing, cauls, curiosities, EPISODE, folk customs, folk magic, folklore, Friuli, history, legends, medicine, superstition, witch trials, witchcraft, witches

To be “born with a veil” (or caul) was once regarded as far more than an unusual circumstance of birth.[…]

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Trolls in Medieval Literature

April 27, 2026 boneandsickle ballads, EPISODE, folk tales, folklore, Germanic, Iceland, legends, literature, medieval, Middle Ages, monsters, Norse, Norse religion, Norway, saints, storytelling, troll-cats, trolls, witchcraft, witches

Trolls, as presented in medieval literature, are vastly different from the creatures we encountered in our last episode’s collection of[…]

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Devil Boards

October 28, 2024 boneandsickle demons, Devil, diabolism, EPISODE, Fox Sisters, ghost stories, ghosts, Halloween, history, horror, modern folklore, occultism, Ouija boards, pop culture, Seances, Spiritualism, True Crime, witchcraft

The devilish reputation Ouija boards enjoy in horror films is a relatively new phenomenon. In the Victorian era, they were[…]

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