Kitchen Witch Folklore

A kitchen witch sometimes called a cottage witch or a scandinavian kitchen witch doll is a poppet or homemade doll resembling a stereotypical witch or crone displayed in residential kitchens as a good luck charm and to ward off bad spirits.

Kitchen witch folklore. As the old legend goes she has the power to keep roasts from burning pots from boiling over cakes from. Witches have been seen as objects of wisdom and evil in folklore for many generations. Celebrating baba yaga of european folklore and her many variations as well as other witchy fun stuff. Pots don t boil over.

A birthday cake a christmas meal etc. A food ritual is when we eat a meal to celebrate something. Customs and rites such as marriage childhood and adult life festivals warfare hunting farming and fishing. She is a powerful force for good in your kitchen.

To the kitchen witch kitchen tools are his or her magical tools. Human nature inanimate objects magick charms luck and disease and death. Folklore and old wives tales include traditional beliefs customs stories songs and sayings. No evil spirit will dare wreak havoc in your kitchen with the kitchen witch on duty.

The teapot brews herbal potions. The most common way is food rituals. The kitchen witch is a doll that you hang in the kitchen to bring good luck and good cooking. Why have a kitchen witch doll.

Additionally this category also includes meals that are part of religious or devotional celebrations. Folklore associated with the dolls. The oven transforms ingredients into magical meals. Kitchen witchcraft can be practiced in two ways with two different focuses.

His or her athame is a kitchen knife. There is some debate over the exact country in which the kitchen witch. The stockpot doubles as a cauldron. This post addresses folklore and the origin of the kitchen witch doll.

Ancient mythology and folklore is filled with witches including the bible s witch of endor and russian folklore s baba yaga. Kitchen witch dolls also known as cottage or scandinavian kitchen witch dolls adorn many kitchens around the world particularly in scandinavian countries. The baba yaga kitchen witch revival. Every appliance in the kitchen becomes magical when dedicated to the art of kitchen witchery.

Either way the common kitchen witch has been of german folklore for hundreds of years. A wand is a wooden spoon. Keep roasts from burning. We could all use some help in the kitchen when we re cooking and according to old scandinavian folklore all you need is a kitchen witch.

Grimoire of a kitchen witch. From angry villagers wondering why the women of the town were gaining a sense of independence to the average joe wondering whether that herbal tea last night was a potion or just really bad tea.