Share Content Published August 17, 2017 ©Si Barber. Moral rights asserted. Candle soot markings on the ceilings of homes in Essex. They are thought to have been made in the 16th/17th Century to ward off evil. apotropaic atropropaic candle charm essex evil faust faustian hell hellish hex hexen höllenzwänge marking markings marks medieval protection ritual safe signs soot spirits suffolk superstition superstitious symbol symbolic symbols ward witch witching
Share Content Published August 17, 2017 ©Si Barber. Moral rights asserted. Candle soot markings on the ceilings of homes in Essex. They are thought to have been made in the 16th/17th Century to ward off evil. apotropaic atropropaic candle charm essex evil faust faustian hell hellish hex hexen höllenzwänge marking markings marks medieval protection ritual safe signs soot spirits suffolk superstition superstitious symbol symbolic symbols ward witch witching
Share Content Published August 17, 2017 ©Si Barber. Moral rights asserted. Candle soot markings on the ceilings of homes in Essex. They are thought to have been made in the 16th/17th Century to ward off evil. apotropaic atropropaic candle charm essex evil faust faustian hell hellish hex hexen höllenzwänge marking markings marks medieval protection ritual safe signs soot spirits suffolk superstition superstitious symbol symbolic symbols ward witch witching
Share Content Published August 17, 2017 ©Si Barber. Moral rights asserted. Candle soot markings on the ceilings of homes in Essex. They are thought to have been made in the 16th/17th Century to ward off evil. apotropaic atropropaic candle charm essex evil faust faustian hell hellish hex hexen marking markings marks medieval protection ritual safe signs soot spirits suffolk superstition superstitious symbol symbolic symbols ward witch witching
Share Content Published August 17, 2017 ©Si Barber. Moral rights asserted. Candle soot markings on the ceilings of homes in Essex. They are thought to have been made in the 16th/17th Century to ward off evil. apotropaic atropropaic candle charm essex evil faust faustian hell hellish hex hexen höllenzwänge marking markings marks medieval protection ritual safe signs soot spirits suffolk superstition superstitious symbol symbolic symbols ward witch witching
Share Content Published November 20, 2011 ©Si Barber. Moral rights asserted. A building in King's Lynn's Tuesday Market Place whic commemorates the burning of the witch Margaret Read, when her heart is said to have embedded itself into a building. folklore heart kings lynn margaret margaret read read witch