Episode 39: Witch CRAFTS and Amulets

It's officially spooky season, and this week we're talking about crafts that people have used for thousands of years to protect themselves from witches and the evil eye. Whether or not you believe in supernatural phenomena, these forces have driven people to carve, burn, stitch, and create amulets and other protections since the time of the Neanderthals.

Did you know...

🧹The largest collection of witches marks in England was found carved into a cave wall...by two people on a cave tour?

👻At least one soldier made a witch bottle for protection...during the Civil War?

🧿The nazar is one of the oldest amulets used to protect against the evil eye in the world...and it was made into an emoji in 2018?

Join us for a tour through the millenia, with, as always, fun rabbit holes and sidequests (spoiler alert: there a cryptid in this episode 😈).

Show notes and sources here: https://tinyurl.com/hhepisode39

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