Results for "sati"
41 entries found.
- Sorcery accusation in Papua New Guinea Rite
- Syncretism Concept
- Witchcraft accusations today Concept
- Sanguma Concept
🇩🇪 Germany and 5 moreWitchcraft accusations against children
Historical and modern persecution of children blamed for witchcraftBelief · Cursing and harm Living
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 5 moreWitchcraft accusations against children in Africa
Violent persecution of children blamed for misfortune across Sub-Saharan Africa and beyondBelief · Cursing and harm Living
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreSatanism
A modern set of beliefs using the figure of Satan as a symbol or deity.Tradition · Power and authority · Cursing and harm Living
🇮🇹 Italy and 1 morePietro d'Abano
A medieval physician and astrologer accused of heresy and magic.Text · Healing · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇬🇧 United KingdomPaisley witches
A 1697 Scottish witch trial ending in mass execution after a child's illness sparked local panic.Belief · Cursing and harm Historical
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreSantoshi Mataसंतोषी माता
A Hindu goddess of contentment worshipped through a Friday ritual fast.Being · Protection · Luck and prosperity Living
🇮🇳 IndiaTarpanaतर्पण
A Vedic offering of water and seeds to gods, sages, and ancestorsRite · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Power and authority Living
🇺🇸 United StatesSalem Witch Trials
A colonial legal crisis where over two hundred people faced accusations of sorcery in Massachusetts.Belief · Cursing and harm Historical
🇩🇪 Germany and 1 moreFaust
A German legend of a scholar who trades his soul for knowledge and pleasureFigure · Power and authority · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia and 5 moreWitch hunt
A campaign to find and punish people accused of using magic for harmBelief · Cursing and harm Historical
🇪🇸 Spain and 1 moreAlonso de Salazar Frías
An inquisitor who used evidence to stop witch executions in SpainBelief Historical
🇨🇫 Central African Republic and 5 moreWitchcraft in Africa
Beliefs about supernatural harm and the social responses to accusations across the continentBelief · Cursing and harm · Protection Living
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreBaphomet
A name from medieval trials and a symbol of occult equilibriumFigure · Power and authority Legendary
🇩🇪 Germany and 1 moreBamberg witch trials
A mass execution campaign in a German prince-bishopric that killed around one thousand people between 1623 and 1632.Belief · Cursing and harm Historical
🇳🇴 NorwayVardø witch trials
A major Scandinavian persecution of women accused of sorcery in 17th-century NorwayBelief · Cursing and harm Historical
🇵🇬 Papua New GuineaWitch-hunts in Papua New Guinea
Mob attacks on people, mostly women, accused of sanguma sorcery in Papua New GuineaBelief · Cursing and harm Living
🇬🇭 GhanaWitchcraft in Ghana
Beliefs in harmful magic and the social violence that follows accusations in GhanaBelief · Cursing and harm Living
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreDaayanदायन
A vengeful female spirit from Indian folklore, often blamed for misfortune and witchcraft accusations.Being · Cursing and harm · Luck and prosperity Living
🇮🇳 IndiaWitch-hunts in India
Violent persecution of people accused of witchcraft, mostly women, in rural IndiaBelief · Cursing and harm Living
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreShakta pithasशाक्त पीठ (Śākta Pīṭha)
Sacred shrines in Shaktism marking where parts of the goddess Sati fell to earth.Tradition · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Power and authority Living
🇯🇵 JapanKitsunetsuki狐憑き
A Japanese folk belief in which a fox spirit enters and controls a human host.Belief · Cursing and harm · Speaking with spirits and the dead Historical
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreJohn Dee
An English scholar and advisor to Elizabeth I who pursued angelic communication through scrying.Tradition · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Seeing and foretelling Historical
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreNazar battuनज़र बट्टू / نظر بٹو
A charm or deliberate flaw used in South Asia to ward off the evil eye.Charm · Protection Living
🇮🇹 ItalyBadaliscBadalisch
A mythical goat-headed creature from the Italian Alps, captured and mocked during Epiphany celebrations.Being · Cursing and harm · Wonder and entertainment Living
🇫🇷 FranceLouviers possessions
A seventeenth-century French convent case of mass demonic possession and witchcraft accusationsBelief · Cursing and harm Historical
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreAsian witchcraft
A broad overview of magical practices and persecution across Asian culturesTradition · Cursing and harm · Protection Living
🇮🇪 IrelandFellowship of Isis𓊨𓏏𓁐𓌞𓋴𓅱𓂻𓏥
An international spiritual fellowship honouring the Divine Feminine and the goddess IsisTradition · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Change and initiation Living
🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 moreModern witch-hunts
Contemporary violence against people accused of using magic to cause harmBelief · Cursing and harm Living
🇮🇷 IranFāl-gūshفالگوش
A Persian divination custom of listening to strangers' words for omensRite · Seeing and foretelling Historical
🇭🇹 HaitiHaitian CarnivalKanaval
A major Caribbean festival of music, dance, and satire leading to Mardi Gras in HaitiTradition · Wonder and entertainment · Luck and prosperity Living
🇬🇷 GreeceAloadaeἈλωάδαι (Aloadai)
Twin giants of Thessaly who challenged the gods and built mountains to reach Olympus.Being Legendary
🇨🇭 Switzerland and 1 moreSylphsylphes
An air spirit from Paracelsian alchemy and later literatureBeing · Wonder and entertainment Legendary
🇩🇪 GermanyLichtenberg's Avertissement
A satirical poster exposing stage magic as deceptionText · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇩🇪 Germany and 1 moreNutcracker doll
A carved wooden figurine of a soldier used to crack nuts and now a popular Christmas decorationCharm · Luck and prosperity Living
🇬🇭 GhanaWitch camp
Settlements in Ghana where women accused of witchcraft seek refuge from violence and persecution.Tradition · Protection Historical
🇩🇪 Germany and 5 moreOrdo Templi Orientis
A secret occult order of initiation degrees, reshaped by Aleister CrowleyTradition · Change and initiation Living
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreWiccan church
Churches North American Wiccans form by joining covens togetherTradition Living
🇨🇳 ChinaChinese sorcery scares
A series of moral panics in Imperial China driven by fears of magical harm and hair cuttingBelief · Cursing and harm · Power and authority Historical
🇮🇪 IrelandHungry grassféar gortach
A cursed patch of land that causes insatiable hunger to anyone who walks on itBelief · Cursing and harm Historical
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreRani Bhatiyani
A Rajput princess said to have become a guardian goddess of Rajasthan and SindhBeing · Protection · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
🇬🇷 GreecePrometheusΠρομηθεύς
A Titan who took fire for humans and paid for itFigure · Speaking with spirits and the dead Legendary
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Pietro d'Abano: Marco Chemello (Wikimedia Italia), CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Neopagan witchcraft: Unknown author, CC BY 4.0, source
- Lichtenberg's Avertissement: Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Public domain, source
- Sylph: Copyright by Rufus Watles & L.C. Sanger, lithograph by Sarony, Major &, Public domain, source
- Left-Hand and Right-Hand Paths: Eliphas Levi, Public domain, source
- Santoshi Mata: Nishu0246, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tarpana: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, source
- Salem Witch Trials: unattributed, Public domain, source
- Prometheus: No machine-readable author provided. Atoma assumed (based on copyright, Public domain, source
- Faust: Earthsphere, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Witch hunt: Johann Jakob Wick, Public domain, source
- Alonso de Salazar Frías: Oscar Montañés, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Haitian Carnival: User:Doron, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Aloadae: No machine-readable author provided. Antars~commonswiki assumed (based, Public domain, source
- Satanism: Alexandre Cabanel, Public domain, source
- Witchcraft accusations against children: Radbot, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Witch camp: Hasslaebetch, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bamberg witch trials: Berthold Werner, Public domain, source
- Witch-hunts in Papua New Guinea: The original uploader was Dr. Blofeld at English Wikipedia ., Attribution, source
- Witchcraft in Ghana: SALTN, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Witch-hunts in India: Granger, Public domain, source
- Nutcracker doll: Raul654, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Asian witchcraft: Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Public domain, source
- Natural magic: Unidentified painter, Public domain, source
- Shakta pithas: Abhishek Chandra, Public domain, source
- Badalisc: Luca Giarelli, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ordo Templi Orientis: Its me, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nazar battu: Wiki-uk, CC BY-SA 3.0, source