Traditional Recipes: An Adventure in Ottoman Folklore, Aegean Bread and a Cursed Loaf

Traditional bread recipes

A crime writer encounters an ancient Ottoman curse – on his bread.

Ancient Celtic Cauldrons: The Magical, the Mythical, the Real

Image by Jalyn Bryce from Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/fire-pot-historical-reenactment-4387886/

For the Celts, cauldrons had many everyday uses. As well as cooking, boiling, cleaning, bathing, carrying water and other domestic tasks they also had a special place in their religious rites and mythology. As a cauldron was a container for water, the ocean and possibly some lakes were thought of as great cauldrons. Sometimes cauldrons were left as votive offerings to the gods in bogs, rivers, and pools.

The Witch Files — The Midwife Myth: Curses, Infanticide, and Devilish Spells?

Master of the Life of the Virgin - The Birth of Mary https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15497939

In the great wealth of witch-related lore, the image of the persecuted local midwife is one of the most enduringly popular.

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