Magic in Europe
Cunning folk and grimoires, alchemy, runes and seidr, the fairy faith, the witch trials, and the folk calendar of fire and fertility. 873 entries on EveryJaadu so far.
Places of magic
London 18Paris 18Delphi 16Athens 12Cairo 5Dodona 5Edinburgh 4Kraków 4Olympia 4Praeneste 4Prague 4Amsterdam 3Bamberg 3Capitoline Hill 3Cumae 3Dartmoor 3Dorset 3Egyptian Hall 3Eleusis 3Logroño 3Lyon 3Milan 3New York 3Quebec 3Santiago de Compostela 3Teltown 3Trier 3Val Camonica 3Veii 3Vilnius 3
Rites of the region
Midsummer and St John's Eve herbs and firesWalpurgis Night and May Day firesSamhain and Halloween divination gamesFirst-footing at HogmanayWitch bottleKnocking on wood and horseshoe customsThe Sator squareIcelandic galdrastafirMalocchio removal with oil and waterMatiasma and ftou ftou
Countries
🇦🇱 Albania 31🇦🇩 Andorra 1🇦🇹 Austria 35🇧🇾 Belarus 21🇧🇪 Belgium 12🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5🇧🇬 Bulgaria 37🇭🇷 Croatia 18🇨🇿 Czech Republic 15🇪🇪 Estonia 28🇫🇮 Finland 40🇫🇷 France 163🇩🇪 Germany 143🇬🇷 Greece 143🇭🇺 Hungary 13🇮🇸 Iceland 50🇮🇪 Ireland 114🇮🇹 Italy 141🇽🇰 Kosovo 5🇱🇻 Latvia 10🇱🇹 Lithuania 20🇱🇺 Luxembourg 2🇲🇹 Malta 2🇲🇩 Moldova 4🇲🇪 Montenegro 6🇳🇱 Netherlands 32🇲🇰 North Macedonia 6🇳🇴 Norway 46🇵🇱 Poland 46🇵🇹 Portugal 17🇷🇴 Romania 42🇷🇺 Russia 119🇷🇸 Serbia 38🇸🇰 Slovakia 6🇸🇮 Slovenia 8🇪🇸 Spain 78🇸🇪 Sweden 89🇨🇭 Switzerland 33🇺🇦 Ukraine 25🇬🇧 United Kingdom 244🇻🇦 Vatican City 1
PurposeProtectionHealingSeeing and foretellingLuck and prosperityLove and attractionCursing and harmCleansing and purificationSpeaking with spirits and the deadChange and initiationBinding and oathsPower and authorityWonder and entertainment
WhoShamansFolk healersPriests and ritual specialistsWitches, sorcerers and cunning folkDiviners and readersMediums and the possessedCeremonial magicians and alchemistsHouseholds and ordinary peopleStage magiciansScholars and sceptics
BeliefHindu and TantricBuddhistJainMuslim and SufiJewishChristianSikhZoroastrianShinto and TaoistIndigenous and shamanicAfrican and Afro-diasporicPagan and NeopaganEsoteric and occultFolk and village customSecular and stageOther traditions
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Crossroads (folklore): MiddleOfAfrica, CC BY-SA 4.0, source