Hey Witch,
Yuletide is upon us and what better way to celebrate than by talking about the witches who started it all.
In last weeks episode we started talking about the the history and evolution of our beloved Santa Claus by looking at 2 witches who started all of the charismas traditions of gift giving, bringing cheer and a few darker tales.
We talked about La Befana, the Italian Christmas Witch who is still to this day celebrated in regions all over Italy as a kind and generous woman who could clean something fierce.
Then we took a darker turn and talked about Grýla, The Icelandic Christmas Witch. Who is not only a woman to be reckoned with in her own right, but also the matriarch of a fearsome family, which include her 13 mischievous sons the Yule lads! Join us again this week as we wrap us this year with 2 more Christmas Witches with legends deep and dark.
We finish off this fortnights episode all in our feelings as we look forward to the next year ahead!
Don't forget to send in your spooky stories for our next listeners whispers episode! Episode 100!!
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Episode Sources:
https://medium.com/sweetwitch/its-got-goblins-demons-witches-it-s-the-strange-history-of-christmas-dc7ac7f73783
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Befana
https://www.artandobject.com/slideshows/santa-claus-through-history-tracing-evolution-beloved-icon
https://www.history.com/topics/christmas/santa-claus
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Santa-Claus
https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/santa-claus
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/witchy-christmas-1.6695542
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Christmas_folklore
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-icelands-christmas-witch-much-cooler-and-scarier-krampus-180967605/
https://witchlike.wordpress.com/2017/12/13/lucia-and-lussi-celebrating-the-darkness-and-the-light/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/St-Lucias-Day
https://boroughsofthedead.com/frau-perchta/
https://boroughsofthedead.com/
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