Description
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter One: Goodbye Bedbugs, Hello Spring!
Germans and Celts. Burning herbs. Floralia. Beltane. Walpurgis Night. Crossroads of the year.
Chapter Two: The Brockengespennst and Other Tricks of the Light
Goethe?s Faust. The Brocken. Legends of the Harz. Brockengespennst. Toot Osel
Chapter Three: From Fertility Festival to Children?s Parade
Fairies and dwarves. The gods transformed. Sex, death and the Vanir. The Witches? Sabbath. The modern Walpurgis Night.
Chapter Four: The Good Walburga
Abbess Walburga. Legends of Saint Walburga. The folkloric Walburga. Walburga?s symbols: oat ear, spindle mirror; dog, oil flask.
Recipe: Walburga?s Oil.
Craft: Quilled Window Ornament.
Chapter Five: A Field Guide to Old World Witches
Alraune. Ash Wife. Bilwis. Cauldron Carriers. Drude. Easter Witches. Elder Mother. Hags. Valkyries. Weathermakers. Wild Women. Wise Women. Wolf Crones.
Recipes: Quarkkeulchen. Poor Hags. Crispy Witch Salad.
Crafts: Origami Kitchen Witch. Paper Crone’s Mask. Witch’s Hat.
Chapter Six: A Bit About Broomsticks and How to Make One
The Quintessential Witch?s Broom. Be Your Own Broom Squire. A Few Words of Caution. More Broomstick Superstitions.
Recipes: Broomstick Bread. Flying Ointment #1, Flying Ointment #2.
Activity: Flying License.
Chapter Seven: A Walpurgis Herbal
Angelica. Anise. Bear?s Garlic. Chervil. Dill. Fennel. Flax. Juniper. Mullein. Rosemary. Rue. Sage. Sweet Woodruff.
Recipes: Cold May Punch. Crappy Weather Tea. Fennel, Chicken and Potato Soup. Green Soup.
Crafts: Walpurgis Wand. Herb Bells. Runic Garden Staves. Hag Taper.
Chapter Eight: The Walpurgis Table
Valborg. Vappu; Carodejnice and the Burning of Morena;
Recipes: Smoked Salmon with Mustard Dill Sauce. Swedish Crisp Bread. Sima. Finnish May Day Biscuits. Green and Pink Beans. April Hoppelpoppel. Berry Porridge with Brocken Tops and Vanilla Sauce. Syllabub. Cucumber Sandwiches. Red-cap Cake.
Crafts: Magic Rune Lantern. Witch?s Brew Pouch. Ship of the Vanir Salt Cellar. Sonnenbarkenvogel Table Lamp. Greening Candles. Cauldron for a Day.
Chapter Nine: Getting the ?Coven? Together
Activities: Which Witch? Guessing Game. Fun with Runes.
Crafts: Toothpick Futhark/Runic Rubbings. Glitter Runes. Witch Boxes. Crayon Candles. Eleventh Hour Costumes. Walpurgis Wishes
Activities: Witch Walk. Witch Elections.
Conclusion: The True Witch
Glossary
Index
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