Saturday, June 02, 2007

Familiars

'The name given to a spirit companion, usually in animal form, who aids ar attends the need of witches. Familiars are also said to be given to witches by the Devil as their companions and helpers. The word is derived from the Latin familiaris, meaning 'belonging to a household.'

'A familiar is often thought to have magical power and to offer protection from danger to their master or mistress. The most common familiars are cats, followed by dogs, birds, hares, smakes, and frogs or toads. At the hieght of the seventeenth-century witch paranoia, a lone woman owning a black cat was enough ground to convict her of witchcraft.'

-The Element Encyclopedia of the Psychic World

How many can you name?

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