The REAL Monsters of Halloween: Witches
October 29, 2009 / 9083
WITCHES
What would Halloween be without witches? Witches and witchcraft date back to at least ancient Greek and Roman times. Even then there was a distinction made between “white” witchcraft (benevolent) and “black” witchcraft (evil), the former of which was tolerated by the government of ancient Rome.
With the spread of Christianity in the 4th century, witchcraft was more and more associated with devil worship, an association it never truly had. But because witchcraft - or Wicca - was practiced by pagans who worshiped pagan deities, the Church demonized the religion and those who followed it. The association stuck and resulted in hundreds of thousands of innocent men and women being tortured and killed as witches over hundreds of years, including during the well-known witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts.
The association with evil created the Halloween caricature of the witch as an ugly, wart-studded hag with an evil, toothless grin.
Halloween Wallpaper Witches At Night
October 21, 2009 / 939
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Amazing Halloween Decoration Ideas 7
October 15, 2009 / 659
Amazing Halloween Decoration Ideas 7 / The 2006 Halloween yard haunt display consisted of a haunted pirate ship wreck, a bountiful treasure chest, and ghostly pirate skeletons. 3 years of planning and prop collecting went into this theme, so when you click on each thumbnail and enlarge the picture you will see that the details are numerous.
Amazing Halloween Decoration Ideas 6
October 15, 2009 / 358
Amazing Halloween Decoration Ideas 6 / The 2007 Halloween yard haunt display was based on a collection of frightful witches, scarecrows, and jack-o’-lanterns. This is probably our favorite of all the yard haunt displays we’ve done over the years. The combination of witches in the background with a foreground pumpkin patch filled with creepy scarecrows, jack-o’-lanterns, corn stalks, hay bales, bendy willows and fog really looked spectacular.
Amazing Halloween Decoration Ideas 5
October 15, 2009 / 592
Amazing Halloween Decoration Ideas 5 / The 2007 Halloween yard haunt display was based on a collection of frightful witches, scarecrows, and jack-o’-lanterns. This is probably our favorite of all the yard haunt displays we’ve done over the years. The combination of witches in the background with a foreground pumpkin patch filled with creepy scarecrows, jack-o’-lanterns, corn stalks, hay bales, bendy willows and fog really looked spectacular.
Amazing Halloween Decoration Ideas 4
October 15, 2009 / 698
Amazing Halloween Decoration Ideas 4 / The 2007 Halloween yard haunt display was based on a collection of frightful witches, scarecrows, and jack-o’-lanterns. This is probably our favorite of all the yard haunt displays we’ve done over the years. The combination of witches in the background with a foreground pumpkin patch filled with creepy scarecrows, jack-o’-lanterns, corn stalks, hay bales, bendy willows and fog really looked spectacular.
Amazing Halloween Decoration Ideas 3
October 14, 2009 / 1028
Amazing Halloween Decoration Ideas 3 / The 2007 Halloween yard haunt display was based on a collection of frightful witches, scarecrows, and jack-o’-lanterns. This is probably our favorite of all the yard haunt displays we’ve done over the years. The combination of witches in the background with a foreground pumpkin patch filled with creepy scarecrows, jack-o’-lanterns, corn stalks, hay bales, bendy willows and fog really looked spectacular.
