Supernatural Creatures of the Witchcraze

Fair is foul, and foul is fair. Hover through the fog and the filthy air! -- Macbeth

Disclaimer

This is NOT a page about Wiccans or neo-pagans, and I do not advocate the belief that Wiccans are Satan-worshippers and/or baby-killers. I am well aware that they are not. This is a starting point for historical research into the great witch craze of 1100-1700 AD. And please, don't ask me for spells.

• Cats, Magic, and Witchcraft. Felines were thought to have been more than just familiars to witches. Sometimes they were believed to be witches themselves.
  Cats, Magic, and Witchcraft The Shapeshifters The Devil as a Cat Cats as Familiars Cats in Spell-Casting
• Deities of the Witches. According to popular knowledge, witches worshipped more than just the Devil. Here are a few other goddesses and gods.
  
  Deities of the Witches Abonde Abundia Aradia Ashtaroth Asmodeus Bechaud Beelzebub Belial Cernunnos Clauneck Clisthert Diana Fraw Fenus Fraw Holt Fraw Selga Frimost Frucissiere Frutimiere Guland Gulfora Harlequin Hecate Herodias Hicpacth Holda Huictiigaras Humots Kiepoth Khil Leonard Lilith Mephistopheles Mersilde Minerva Morail Muisin Perchta Put Satanachia Satan Satia Segal Sirchade Surgat Venus Verdelet
• Dogs, Magic, and Witchcraft. A dog may be man's best friend, but sometimes, that dog might be something even more: a familiar, or maybe even Satan himself.
  Dogs, Magic, and Witchcraft Dogs as Familiars Dogs in Potions and Spellcraft
• Faeries and Witchcraft. Faerie beliefs often crossed with witch beliefs, combining to form a potent folklore.
  Faeries and Witchcraft Origins Witches and Faeries: The Similarities Faeries and Witch Trials Isobel Gowdie John Walsh Bessy Dunlop Alison Pearson Bridget Cleary Changelings
• The Great Auk and Witchcraft. The sad and sordid tale of a species ultimately made extinct by a witchcraze.
  
  
• Shape-Changers: Medieval Through Renaissance Periods. Werewolf and other shape-changer case studies.
  Shape-Changers: Medieval-Renaissance Periods Ann, Werewolf of Meremoisa The Werewolf of Auvergne Baianus, Werewolf Michée Bauloz, Werewolf of Vaud The Werewolf of Besançon Bisclavaret, Werewolf of Brittany Pierre Bourgot, Werewolf of Poligny Guyetta Bugnon, Werewolf of Val de Travers The Burgomaster Werewolf of Anspach The Werewolf of Chalons Claudia Gaillard, the Werewolf of Burgundy The Gandillons, Werewolves of St.-Claude Gilles Garnier, the Werewolf of Dole The Beast of Gévaudan Jean Grenier, Werewolf of France Hans, Werewolf of Estonia Michel Jaques, Werewolf of Val de Travers Philibert Montot, Werewolf of Poligny The werewolves of Ossory The Werewolf of Pavia Jeanne de la Pierre, Werewolf of Vaud Raimbaud de Pinetum, Werewolf of Auvergne Suzanne Prevost, Werewolf of Vaud Jacques Rollet, Werewolf of Paris Jacquest Roulet, Werewolf of Angers Le Comte de St.-Pol, Werewolf of France Peter Stubb, the Werewolf of Bedburg The Damnable Life and Death of Stubbe Peeter The Werewolves of Vaud Michel Verdun, Werewolf of Poligny Susanna Martin, the Werecat of Salem Autism and Lycanthropy Drugs and Lycanthropy Porphyria and Lycanthropy Rabies and Lycanthropy
• Strange Beasts: Familiars. Discover some of the strange, and not so strange, creatures that aided witches in their day-to-day endeavours. Covers everything from toads and cats to chickens and flies.
  Strange Beasts: Familiars Bees Cats Chickens Dogs Flies Mice Snails Spiders Toads
• Toads, Magic, and Witchcraft. Mention of folkloric witches often conjures up images of toads. Here's why....
  Toads, Magic, and Witchcraft Toads as Familiars The Powers of Toads Toads in Potions and Spellcraft Toad Stones Toads and the Devil
• Vampires: Medieval Through Renaissance Periods. Some sanguinary case studies.
  The Vampires The vampire of Berwick Finicella, vampire of Sienna George Grando, vampire of Kring The vampire of Liebava The vampires of Medvegia Johannes Cuntius, vampire of Silesia Adipocere & "Incorruptible Corpses" Rabies and Vampires

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