#witch mark

[charnel-grounds]

Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009), “Witching Hour”, 1977

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[sorotrax]

This Witch Mark is for Moozzy.

If you're interested in getting a Witch Mark, you can find them in my Ko-Fi exclusive commissions via my pinned post!

[loki-nightfire]

Day 23 - Silent brother 🤐 and little Magnus (11 y.o.) ☺️

[sawbeaver]

Faithful England witch and witch mark.

[echoesofthefall]

In the Albret, they say a person who went three times to the sabbath has a little toad in the white of their eye, against their pupil, or in the fold of their ear.

Claude Seignolle, Les Evangiles du Diable, my translation.

[paulsspaceshippictures]

Something else from our visit to Edinburgh: at the National War Museum in Edinburgh Castle, this was on display. As you can see from the label, it's a gau, worn by Tibetan soldiers to give magical protection. Also as you can see from the label, it didn't work, there's a bullet hole in it and Major William Otley probably looted it from a body on the battlefield.

What struck me was, a few buildings away in the castle complex, carved into the door of the prisoners' infirmary, was this - which, if I'm not wrong, is a hexafoil or "daisy wheel" apotropaic mark (a "witchmark"). These were carved on entrances to buildings - window lintels, doorways, chimney breasts - to keep out evil spirits.

So maybe the Tibetan and Scottish soldiers weren't that different.

The gau is from the early 20th century, don't know when the hexafoil was carved into the door. There's what looks like a failed attempt to construct one further down.

[daretodissolve]

If I stand around and watch them drown in a pool of gray...

Choker: 'Leviathan' by @oddredeyes (IG)

[odinnsdottir]

Moles & Witches

I’m really interested in this topic and how the two relate to each other in both lore and practice. I know moles have been called “witch marks”, but I don’t know much beyond that. If anyone has any resources or knowledge on the subject, please please please let me know. Thank you!