European witchcraft

species of toxic flowering plant in the nightshade family

thumb|Hungarian goulash in a traditional "bogrács" (cauldron)

species of plant

Galactorrhea (also spelled galactorrhoea) (galacto- + -rrhea) or lactorrhea (lacto- + -rrhea) is the spontaneous flow of milk from the breast, unassociated with childbirth or nursing.

meeting of those who practice witchcraft and other rites

satanic religious practice

thumb|A late-16th-century English illustration of a witch feeding her familiars In European folklore of the medieval and early modern periods, familiars (strictly familiar spirits, as "familiar" also meant just "close friend" or companion, and may be seen in the scientific name for dog, Canis familiaris) were believed to be supernatural entities, interdimensional beings, or spiritual guardians that would protect or assist witches and cunning folk in their practice of magic, divination, and spiritual insight. According to records of the time, those alleging to have had contact with familiar spi

thumb|right|upright=1.25|French illustration of imps ()

Elymas (; ; ), also known as Bar-Jesus (, , ), is a figure described in the Acts of the Apostles, chapter 13, where he is referred to as a mágos (μάγος), which the King James Bible translates as "sorcerer" and false prophet (ψευδοπροφήτης).

effigy into which pins are inserted

papal bull

thumb|Gathering of Wicca|Wiccans for a handfasting ceremony at [[Avebury in England]]

doll with a stuffed cloth body and head

practitioner of ritual magic for healing purposes

thumb|The magic circle|magical circle and triangle, magical objects/symbols used in the evocation of the seventy-two spirits of the Ars Goetia

malevolent, dangerous or harmful magic

thumb|right|On Carrington Moss, 1851, David Cox (artist)|David Cox, shows individuals gathering material for besoms.

thumb|Costume design for a warlock for the opera Mefistofele ([[Alfredo Leonardo Edel, 1881)]]thumb|Warlocks and Witches in a dance (John Faed, 1855) A warlock is a male practitioner of witchcraft.

A zduhać (Cyrillic: здухаћ, ) and vetrovnjak (ветровњак, []) in Serbian tradition, and a dragon man in Bulgarian, Macedonian and southern Serbian traditions, were men believed to have an inborn supernatural ability to protect their estate, village, or region against destructive weather conditions, such as storms, hail, or torrential rains. It was believed that the souls of these men could leave their bodies in sleep, to intercept and fight with demonic beings imagined as bringers of bad weather. Having defeated the demons and taken away the stormy clouds they brought, the protectors would retu

In Slavic mythology, a vedmak is a warlock or male witch, the female equivalent (witch) being vedma. This role greatly focuses on the Shamanic aspects of Slavic paganism.

milk secreted from the breasts of some newborn human infants of either sex

Medieval canon law text

discredited theory that witch trials of Early Modern Europe were attempts to suppress a pre-Christian religion

thumbnail|right|Poppets In folk magic and witchcraft, a poppet (also known as poppit, moppet, mommet or pippy) is a doll made to represent a person, for casting spells on them, or aiding that person through magic. They are occasionally found lodged in chimneys. These dolls may be fashioned from materials such as carved root, grain, corn shafts, fruit, paper, wax, a potato, clay, branches, or cloth stuffed with herbs, with the intent that any actions performed upon the effigy will be transferred to the subject based on sympathetic magic. Poppets are also used as kitchen witch figures. thumb|Pop

Hypothetical mark on the body indicating a person was a witch

papal decretal sent by Gregory IX in June 1233, condemning the heresy of Luciferianism said to be rife in Germany

Witch's supposed ritual greeting upon meeting with the Devil

Doric Greek artifact

belief in witchcraft in Europe

in popular culture, hat with a steeple crown and a medium-to-wide-brim, associated with witches

Sorginak (root form: sorgin, absolutive case (singular): sorgina) are the assistants of the goddess Mari in Basque mythology. It is also the Basque name for witches, priests and priestesses, making it difficult to distinguish between mythological beings and real religious figures.

essay by Jules Michelet

combined natural monument in Kyiv, Ukraine

hallucinogenic salve used in witchcraft to enable flight

counter-magical item used as protection against witchcraft

male given name

witch doll

book by Margaret Murray

15th century manuscript on demonology and necromancy

Magonia is the name of the cloud realm whence felonious aerial sailors were said to have come, according to commonly held beliefs denounced in the polemical treatise by Carolingian bishop Agobard of Lyon in 815, where he argues against weather magic. The treatise is titled De Grandine et Tonitruis (On Hail and Thunder).

Witchcraft location in Slavic mythology

In medieval lore, Tempestarii (or Tempestarius (singular)) were weather-making magicians who dwelt among the common people and possessed the power to raise or prevent storms at will. For this reason, anyone reputed as a weather-maker was the subject of respect, fear, and hatred in rural areas.