12 Stories of Famous Witches from Mythology and Folklore

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  • @dr.brandileebunge
    @dr.brandileebunge Рік тому +25

    This was very fascinating and enchanting. Blessed be and divine blessings returned. 🧙🖤💜🧙‍♀️

  • @michaelcoulter1725
    @michaelcoulter1725 Рік тому +23

    Okay now that is badass a chariot driven by dragons that's an awesome description an awesome ass picture too

  • @CuteDwarf11
    @CuteDwarf11 Рік тому +48

    Hecate is my favourite in this video; I felt sorry for Medea, although murdering her children was too much.

    • @krioswordsmith1017
      @krioswordsmith1017 Рік тому +2

      is many versions of the story, she didn't murder her children, a mob did. she did murder her husband, and his bride though.

    • @CuteDwarf11
      @CuteDwarf11 Рік тому +1

      @@krioswordsmith1017 Thanks for the info.

    • @Nurse.Addison
      @Nurse.Addison Рік тому +3

      Me too! I got to handed to "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" They did so well with the occult and I WAS SO excited when the witches went to Hecate.
      Perhaps you may no. There are so many pronunciations of "Hecate" the most I heard was "Hec-a-tay"
      ALSO...figured Santa was a woman first. Men are the worst. Btw I am one lol

    • @TeddScheckler
      @TeddScheckler 11 місяців тому

      Made a had a great family reunion in that movie though.

  • @margiwilliams13
    @margiwilliams13 Рік тому +34

    HEKATE!!! She is the queen of witches

    • @user-JessSmith72718
      @user-JessSmith72718 8 місяців тому +2

      I work with Hekate and my guardian dragon in all my workings. She as put me through so many tests and as help me grow so much.

  • @ShawnRavenfire
    @ShawnRavenfire Рік тому +48

    Others that could have been included are the old European fairy tale witches from the Grimm Brothers' stories of Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, and Rapunzel.

    • @naptownt7197
      @naptownt7197 Рік тому +1

      Absolutely! You nailed it!

    • @mousemd
      @mousemd Рік тому

      There are many channelers that cover these

    • @TeddScheckler
      @TeddScheckler 11 місяців тому

      The greatest!

  • @faithruckdeschel1294
    @faithruckdeschel1294 Рік тому +23

    WOW!!! I adore witches and I think it's because they are powerful women? This is my very first video I have seen from ur channel and not only are the pictures beautiful, but ur voice and the soft music are very soothing!

    • @MythosTheHistorian
      @MythosTheHistorian  Рік тому +5

      Glad you loved it! Thank you for the kind words :)

    • @shaunnicholson-ul9xt
      @shaunnicholson-ul9xt Рік тому +1

      Wot about male witches? We feel left out ❤

    • @user-JessSmith72718
      @user-JessSmith72718 8 місяців тому

      I am a witch. And much love to the male witches out there. My brother is also a witch and a very powerful one at that.

  • @ScottishPagan
    @ScottishPagan Рік тому +32

    Janet Horne was the last person in Britain to be tried and executed for witchcraft. In 1727 she and her daughter were arrested and jailed in Dornoch. Janet's daughter suffered from a deformity in her hands and feet.

  • @tapandas2831
    @tapandas2831 Рік тому +8

    There will be more often go unrecorded. Each in detail would have been good to know. Congrats 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 for the efforts

  • @eclecticspiritualbeing6989
    @eclecticspiritualbeing6989 Рік тому +8

    You clearly do you’re homework very well and it shows. Especially when it came to the cailleach embodying Brigid from Imbolc onwards.
    Will definitely be watching more of your videos 🙏🏼

  • @corylynndefilippo4957
    @corylynndefilippo4957 Рік тому +4

    Morgan la fay I'm gonna read more about her.... this is a great watch ty for sharing ❤

  • @theamericanshepherd5378
    @theamericanshepherd5378 Рік тому +35

    During the Xmas season at Epcot at the Italian provilain you can hear the story of La Befana as she herself tells it.

    • @janeyrevanescence12
      @janeyrevanescence12 5 місяців тому +2

      I worked at Epcot for a period of six years and loved listening to her story.
      I remember one time, we had a surprise thunderstorm and the alert had gone out to take cover right as she was coming out. The show starts with the characters ringing a bell, which is the alert for guests to come listen.
      As she’s coming out, she’s beginning her spiel and there’s a loud clap of thunder. She pauses and says “Never mind! My house needs cleaning!” and left. The character attendants and I were dying of laughter.

  • @-RONNIE
    @-RONNIE Рік тому +14

    Thank you for the video I learned 2 new ones I didn't know before Rangda, Kikimora

  • @Urban-Legends97
    @Urban-Legends97 Рік тому +12

    Really enjoyed this video. Jenny Greenteeth was a standout for me!

    • @lisaellis2593
      @lisaellis2593 Рік тому

      There is a fairy, named JennyGreenteeth, she is a dangerous water fae.

  • @frankd4581
    @frankd4581 Рік тому +17

    Please make a video that is about the famous Giants from mythology and folklore please

  • @serpentinesecrets6771
    @serpentinesecrets6771 Рік тому +48

    So it’s Kikimora that keeps hiding my glasses and keys?

    • @jaystreet46
      @jaystreet46 Рік тому +2

      Obviously

    • @stargatis
      @stargatis Рік тому +1

      Chalcopyrite helped my boyfriend. He was losing his keys from inside his own hand.

    • @healdiseasenow
      @healdiseasenow Рік тому +2

      & my blunt

    • @serpentinesecrets6771
      @serpentinesecrets6771 Рік тому +1

      @@healdiseasenow I swear i never smoked that juicy jay’s cotton candy joint I lost like ten years ago it was the only time I lost one and it still haunts me

    • @Dissident_Rapture
      @Dissident_Rapture Рік тому +1

      im having the same problem🤣😱

  • @thecenterofinter-religious4220

    Wonderful rendering of the dark aspect of the human soul

  • @1323WTF
    @1323WTF Рік тому +6

    Great visuals, good story telling... I subscribe...

  • @gemzj8110
    @gemzj8110 Рік тому +3

    This was so soothing and interesting. Lovely voice by the way!

  • @princebloodgrave8097
    @princebloodgrave8097 Рік тому +7

    Peg Powler, Nelly Longarms, Samca, the Elbow Witch are some of my favorite witches. :3

  • @diegocorrea5143
    @diegocorrea5143 10 місяців тому +2

    Wonderful!!!! the voice (yours?) is so endearing and soothing... beautiful English pronunciation and the way of telling the stories is just great, Thanks

  • @alicewilloughby4318
    @alicewilloughby4318 Рік тому +21

    9:45 - To anyone who doesn't know, Jenny Greenteeth appears in The Wee Free Men by Sit Terry Pratchett! 🌹

    • @faithruckdeschel1294
      @faithruckdeschel1294 Рік тому +1

      I didn't know Jenny was thought of as real because I recently saw a short film about her, and thought she was somebody that was made up just for the movie?

    • @theclumsyprepper
      @theclumsyprepper Рік тому +1

      That's exactly what sprung to my mind when he mentioned her. I love that book.

    • @CommentGirl12
      @CommentGirl12 11 місяців тому

      GNU PTerry

  • @norbertpivarszki7083
    @norbertpivarszki7083 Рік тому +23

    Yaga is my favourite💗 Blessed Samhain people😘🎃

  • @lisavera1142
    @lisavera1142 Рік тому +6

    I like hear stories about witches thank you

  • @soulreaver1983
    @soulreaver1983 Рік тому +6

    Awesome video thanks

  • @mousemd
    @mousemd Рік тому +2

    I TY for explaining the back story of the ones I have heard of but never heard the story. Of course, TY for all the back stories. Most of these I have never heard of!

  • @Ffffffgg9
    @Ffffffgg9 11 місяців тому +7

    Very well put together. We pronounce the Cailleach more like 'Kay-lick'. There's quite a few tales about this old goddess, some even told in Scotland. She's also know as the hag of Beara, everyone along the Beara peninsula and over on the Island down south Ireland still speak of her.

    • @Aaravos333
      @Aaravos333 11 місяців тому +1

      In Irish it’s like kai-lock

  • @jackharrison6771
    @jackharrison6771 2 місяці тому +1

    Great video thanks. Have you covered the Pendle Witches, and their famous trials?

  • @sarahhurst701
    @sarahhurst701 Рік тому +4

    Brilliantly done.❤️🌍

  • @wyrdness1
    @wyrdness1 Рік тому +5

    Dido, mother of Carthage. When Aneas betrayed her to continue his quest to the Etrusca (later Rome, founded by Aeneas' grand children) she cursed him with the Punic curse, that her descendants and his should always be at war.

  • @yspy_1801
    @yspy_1801 Рік тому +8

    Jenny Greenteeth is basically a croc...

  • @Angel_HippieCityHealing
    @Angel_HippieCityHealing Рік тому +6

    Marie Laveaux in New Orleans USA would be an amazing addition.❤

    • @cheesecakeloverbae
      @cheesecakeloverbae 11 місяців тому

      😂😂Everyone wanna be a Witch until they release demons that can't put back to rest then have to call the Ethers😊

  • @patriciajrs46
    @patriciajrs46 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for your great treatment of this matter.

  • @ScottishPagan
    @ScottishPagan Рік тому +12

    But there was a story that is documented in history of
    Isobel Gowdie from Nairnshire, arguably the most well-known Scottish accused witch in Britain, was the wife of a tenant farmer, John Gilbert, who likely worked on the lands of the Laird of Park. Isobel Gowdie was a Scottish woman who confessed to witchcraft at Auldearn near Nairn during 1662.

    • @cliffinjesus8932
      @cliffinjesus8932 Рік тому

      How do u know all this stuff?

    • @ScottishPagan
      @ScottishPagan Рік тому +2

      @@cliffinjesus8932
      1 I'm scottish live in Scotland
      2 I'm a celtic pagan
      3 I love history

    • @cliffinjesus8932
      @cliffinjesus8932 Рік тому +3

      @@ScottishPagan You are so cool..

  • @allgeekedoutpodcast5612
    @allgeekedoutpodcast5612 11 місяців тому +3

    Great video! Artwork is amazing!!! Curious who the artist is?

  • @morgangreene19
    @morgangreene19 Рік тому +15

    I was like, “dude, he forgot the witch of Endor. That’s like *the* witch” … and then it immediately went into the witch or Endor 😂

    • @ExelArts
      @ExelArts Рік тому +1

      Never heard of her until now

    • @morgangreene19
      @morgangreene19 Рік тому

      @@ExelArts you know, she may just be more common in the south. I knew a girl from Philly that was into witchy stuff but had never heard of her. Most of the south is devoutly Protestant and Florida does have a pretty large Semitic population. Sociology is wild, man.

    • @ameliadiaz8040
      @ameliadiaz8040 Рік тому +2

      From that same Biblical character, came the TV's Bewitched's character of Endora, Samantha's mother.

  • @itsjohnshaun
    @itsjohnshaun 11 місяців тому +6

    The actress who played Morgana in Merlin nailed it

    • @kevinnorwood8782
      @kevinnorwood8782 9 місяців тому +1

      That would be Katie McGrath. And you couldn't be more right. Her portrayal of Morgan Le Fay is easily one of the greatest on-screen portrayals of her ever created.

  • @JudeNance
    @JudeNance Рік тому +4

    I love it 😀 FACINATING

  • @stephaniehowell1109
    @stephaniehowell1109 Рік тому +5

    I enjoyed this, but FYI, according to a Google search Cailleach is pronounced "Calia-HAH."
    Kah Lee Ah HAH!
    Calia then a,forceful HA! at the end.
    But was cool to hear about the Bell witch. I was born in Tennessee. Grew up hearing about her. My daddy swore he saw her, in the Bell Cave.
    Would've loved to have seen Marie LaVeau of New Orleans mentioned....but other than that, y'all did a great job.

  • @Gavin-my6jb
    @Gavin-my6jb Рік тому +5

    Hecate circe and Medea are all related btw does anyone else think some of these witches are pretty hot

  • @ronaldmessina4229
    @ronaldmessina4229 Рік тому +4

    It seems to me that Morgen La Faye was quite a dashing witch, but I would not like to be in her anger

  • @PennyPlant-fr1gd
    @PennyPlant-fr1gd Рік тому +3

    There's a local grave that supposedly is the grave of a witch. Apparently 4 teens found her grave and 3 spit on it. They got in a car accident and the only one who survived was the one who didn't spit.

  • @Shumailkhan-i3t
    @Shumailkhan-i3t Рік тому +2

    I subscribed your channel and I really like witches stories ❤❤❤ please show most horrible images of witches house

  • @laschicasRloca
    @laschicasRloca Рік тому +3

    Some of these witches are so pretty

  • @v1de0gamr23
    @v1de0gamr23 Рік тому +5

    Does Jenny Greenteeth go by any other names?
    Meg Mucklebones, perhaps?

    • @ShawnRavenfire
      @ShawnRavenfire Рік тому +1

      I was thinking that too. "Legend" is iconic!

  • @setelliott9683
    @setelliott9683 Рік тому +7

    Hec-ah-tey

  • @JackRabbit002
    @JackRabbit002 Рік тому +4

    'You!' How can you start with Morgan Le Fey She's the only witch only witch!!
    But played Eve Green 🖤🤟🏻

  • @ibtiago18
    @ibtiago18 11 місяців тому +2

    From Jason's prespective, his marriege to Medea never contained any happiness. He only accepted to marry her out of fear.

  • @ammorales1524
    @ammorales1524 Рік тому +1

    That was intriguing 🤗

  • @charlottelynnerup7629
    @charlottelynnerup7629 9 місяців тому +1

    Very interesting ty

  • @GeorgeLucas1138
    @GeorgeLucas1138 7 місяців тому +2

    this is low key one of the horniest videos of all time

  • @janelinley3624
    @janelinley3624 Рік тому +3

    Good Evening ❤🙋🏼‍♀️☮️

  • @mrkitty1367
    @mrkitty1367 11 місяців тому +1

    well done Sir !

  • @LalitaDevi-yf4cf
    @LalitaDevi-yf4cf Місяць тому

    Well said. Must be very knowledgeable.

  • @kairinase
    @kairinase 10 місяців тому

    Nenek Kebayan is the famous witch in Malaysia. This old and benevolent woman is the one many sought after to solve trouble.
    Versed more in herbal lore than with spells, she lives in the forest and her job is foraging for herbs, making medicines and perfumes, and also occasionally helping people as a midwife.
    Many stories on how a woman could turn into Nenek Kebayan... One such is when a woman is unmarried until old age, she would have nowhere to belong to and so seek dwelling in the forest, gaining knowledge and being enlightened over time.
    Other is when they were selected by the elves called "Bunian" to inherit their esoteric knowledge. In this way, only nine person can have the knowledge, and a new one would be selected if one of them died.
    So, not all witches are bad.

  • @georgeolaroiu3807
    @georgeolaroiu3807 Рік тому +5

    Can you make another video call Ghost Specter Creatures and Yokai Famous Mythology And Folklore from the next week

    • @MythosTheHistorian
      @MythosTheHistorian  Рік тому +1

      I will add it on my list! But for sure will not next week because I have already the schedule made for the next 6 weeks or so :) but noted!

    • @georgeolaroiu3807
      @georgeolaroiu3807 Рік тому

      @@MythosTheHistorian ok understand

  • @nataliapanfichi9933
    @nataliapanfichi9933 5 місяців тому +1

    kikimora Is a small house pest? = miss kikimora from the owl house in a nutshell. It fits her so well❤

  • @808Stone
    @808Stone 2 місяці тому

    I've read a fair amount of books on witchcraft. The goddess Hecate is who some paegan witches invoke when they're writing spells; I love hearing about her

  • @CatBeck-lg7gp
    @CatBeck-lg7gp Рік тому +2

    I do like...And l do subscribe...❤️

  • @Jgsstyujnnbb
    @Jgsstyujnnbb Рік тому +1

    I hope they are still alive. They are Worth keeping

  • @NightShade671
    @NightShade671 Рік тому +6

    The Witch of Endor is not a myth. It's in the historical genre and simple, with no fantastic elements as we see in other stories. The simplicity indicates truth. Plus, it's a story related in inspired Scripture.

  • @elizabethrosebentley1969
    @elizabethrosebentley1969 Рік тому +4

    Hecate's name is prononced Hec-a-tee not Hekate, but this is still a facinating video.

    • @user-JessSmith72718
      @user-JessSmith72718 8 місяців тому

      She has told me her self she prefers Hakate. I work with her allot in my craft. I am pretty close with her she is like a favorite aunt in my life.

  • @JennyGolden-p6f
    @JennyGolden-p6f Рік тому +1

    some more ghost stories please

  • @debibeckman2035
    @debibeckman2035 Рік тому +2

    My favorite witch is Biddy Early. Maybe because my maiden name is Earley.

  • @gomitatatuada4433
    @gomitatatuada4433 7 місяців тому

    I love The Cailleach ❤

  • @ScottishPagan
    @ScottishPagan Рік тому +2

    But therfore The Scottish witch craze began in earnest in 1590, with the trial of a group of people, mainly women, from East Lothian. They were accused of meeting with the Devil and conjuring up storms to destroy James VI on his return from Denmark with his bride, Anne

  • @RainLightSeer
    @RainLightSeer Рік тому +5

    You say Hecate weirdly, it's not "Her- cate" it's pronounced Hec- ca- tey. Otherwise cool video!

  • @anniefinch6843
    @anniefinch6843 Рік тому +1

    I remembered that there's another witch this person didn't mention and that witch is the Wicked Witch of the West from the movie The Wizard of Oz.

  • @cathypeterson4527
    @cathypeterson4527 Рік тому +2

    Samhain is my favourites yaga is my favorite people

  • @LouisTravieon
    @LouisTravieon Рік тому +2

    Black Annis... terrifying Hag

  • @MatthewsLivingAdventures
    @MatthewsLivingAdventures Рік тому +5

    what about male witches?

    • @cherodanrockaway2034
      @cherodanrockaway2034 Рік тому +2

      You mean warlocks?

    • @MatthewsLivingAdventures
      @MatthewsLivingAdventures Рік тому +2

      @@cherodanrockaway2034 No.....
      Male witchcraft practitioners never take on the term "warlock" as it has bad connotation, mostly used by the coven he may have betrayed (if he was part of one in the first place). Plus, thanks to Harry Potter, male practitioners dont use that term in fear of potential copyright issues.
      When i commented the question "What about male witches" Im asking that the research done for this video be expanded upon since it only focuses on female witches. In this day, Male witchcraft practitioners also use and identify as Witches. The term 'Witch' is gender neutral.
      In my opinion, if your going to do a video about witches, you have to be all inclusive to both and all genders. (And Yes, we do have historical accounts of Male Witches, not warlocks).

  • @d-repaslp.
    @d-repaslp. Рік тому +2

    Which Witch!?

  • @ameliadiaz8040
    @ameliadiaz8040 Рік тому +1

    What about Circe, daughter of the solar god Helios/Sol and Perse or Perseis, one of the three thousand ocean nymphs, who turned the masculine visitors of her island Aea into all kinds of animals?

  • @minotaur_king1733
    @minotaur_king1733 Рік тому +1

    Hope we some of these witch in the fate franchise

  • @ExelArts
    @ExelArts Рік тому +1

    Morgan la fay I don't remember any Arthurian stories of her ever being loyal

  • @davidjarkeld2333
    @davidjarkeld2333 11 місяців тому +1

    The Witch of Endor! So that's how the Ewoks won!

  • @TokiToki13
    @TokiToki13 9 місяців тому

    👀Watching to see if Marie Laveau was included

    • @TokiToki13
      @TokiToki13 9 місяців тому

      BOOOO 🍅🍅🍅🍅

  • @cynthiax56
    @cynthiax56 Рік тому +1

    👍👍👍👍👍

  • @1tarawho
    @1tarawho Рік тому +20

    I pray to Hecate every night and thank her for her help and guidance in my life ❤.

  • @itz_kale7791
    @itz_kale7791 Рік тому +1

    In Italian, La Befana means, "the Epiphany"

  • @ChannelH.Dunbar-lw7qg
    @ChannelH.Dunbar-lw7qg 10 місяців тому

    True its all of us is here today

  • @Naturally4Wellness
    @Naturally4Wellness 10 місяців тому

    Cerridwen - Mastering Witch of the cauldron

  • @juliewatkins538
    @juliewatkins538 Рік тому +1

    This is very interesting I am all for witches very powerful women 🌹🌷👍

  • @sabernaturezasupremo5181
    @sabernaturezasupremo5181 Рік тому +2

    No Brasil temos a Cuca é a Matinta Pereira

  • @jonathanj.7344
    @jonathanj.7344 11 місяців тому

    Isobel Gowdie should definitely have been included.

  • @iamnotfooled
    @iamnotfooled Рік тому +2

    Which one is Harry’s wife?

  • @alexterieur8813
    @alexterieur8813 9 місяців тому

    A-Kate is my favourite

  • @blackmarvel6578
    @blackmarvel6578 11 місяців тому

    The problem with the Bell witch, for me, is that Kate Batts was still alive bknin NC when their haunting was going on.

    • @user-JessSmith72718
      @user-JessSmith72718 8 місяців тому

      She could have conjured a spirit to haunt the family.

  • @ScottishPagan
    @ScottishPagan Рік тому +2

    Next one try female demons The four original queens of the demons were Lilith, Eisheth Zenunim, Agrat bat Mahlat, and Naamah. A succubus may take a form of a beautiful young girl, but closer inspection may reveal deformities of her body, such as bird-like claws or serpentine tails.or Lilith was the first wife of Adam who left the Garden of Eden and became the mother of demons and the supreme empress of Hell. She is also credited as the creator of the Turok-Han, an ancient species of vampire, and is thus regarded as the Mother of Vampires.

  • @andrewohare8550
    @andrewohare8550 11 місяців тому

    Wow I didn’t know there was much more to John Wick’s origin

  • @DianneBaldwin-b6b
    @DianneBaldwin-b6b 11 місяців тому +1

    It is the same as my Shipton I believe all her predictions were true as well and she had her cave that she lived in

  • @proman1926
    @proman1926 Рік тому

    We have a lot of Jenni Greenteeth here. They are called alligators

  • @jbmuteboi2381
    @jbmuteboi2381 2 місяці тому

    Wow i didnt know baba yaga was a real witch

  • @dittykongalexcartier
    @dittykongalexcartier 11 місяців тому +1

    Madame Marie Laveau

  • @ammeg88
    @ammeg88 Рік тому +1

    Never heard of Jenny Green-teeth

  • @ronaldpatterson1177
    @ronaldpatterson1177 23 дні тому

    Meg Knucclebones?🙂🙂

  • @susannetroost5634
    @susannetroost5634 11 місяців тому

    My grandmother...

  • @theclumsyprepper
    @theclumsyprepper Рік тому +1

    I believe it is pronounced He-ka-tee and not He-kate. Other than that an interesting video.

  • @michaelsternberg1597
    @michaelsternberg1597 7 місяців тому

    I heard a legend that Morgan lefay was related to Merlin

  • @AmberHillman-f4s
    @AmberHillman-f4s 11 місяців тому

    Remember the books

  • @joeswampdawghenry
    @joeswampdawghenry Рік тому +3

    My X wife