Just For Fun
1.) An anagram uses letters from a word to form other words.
How many words can you make from the letters in “Bealtaine”?
Here are some to get you started: A, be, I, late, able
2.) Q: What was the Roman name for the May celebration of fertility?
3.) Q: What was the astrological “era” prior to the Age of Aquarius?
4.) Q: What may have been the original Gaelic name for Cernunnos?
5.) What does your tradition call its clergy or spiritual leaders? Match the names of the clergy to the tradition
A.) Godhi and Gydhja
B.) Houngan and Mambo
C.) Lord and Lady
1.) British traditional Wicca
2.) Asatru
3.) Vodoun
6.) A witch by any other name… some of the words for practitioners of magick:
- Vitki – Old Norse
- Pellar – Cornish traditional witchcraft
- Howdie – Scotland
- Curendera – a healer or herbalist in Mexico
- Hedge Rider – British traditional witchcraft
- Hexen – Germany and Austria; the word is sometimes considered as a pejorative
- Bruja – a witch in Spanish-speaking areas of the Americas; the word is sometimes considered as a pejorative
- Conjuror – European Continent; American South
- Spae Wife – Orkney Islands
- Gwrach – female witch in Cymraeg (Welsh) Gwyddon – male witch
7.) Q: Who was Adam’s first wife, considered by some feminist Wiccans to be a Goddess in her own right?
8.) Q: Who is the Greek deity who brought light to humankind?
9.) One of the most well-known Goddesses worldwide is Diana. In the Roman pantheon, she is the Goddess of hunting, the moon, and femininity. Diana is portrayed in several forms: as a virgin, mother, warrior, huntress and scholar. In Greece she was called Artemis, and in the British Isles, she may have merged with local deities, including Danu. Images of Diana have been found throughout the Greek islands, in Northern Africa, on the European Continent and in the British Isles. Diana is often depicted accompanied by a stag, hunting hounds and carrying a bow and arrows. In European folklore, the new moon in its thin crescent form is sometimes called "Diana’s bow".
10.) Q: What is a "blöt" in the Northern or Asatru tradition?
11.) How many names for solar deities can you recall? Here are a few to get you started: Sol,Bel, Sunna, Apollo….
12.) Q: What phase of the moon seems to "rise and set" with the sun?
13: Q: What Rune represents joy?
14: Q: What is scrying or skrying?
15.) Q: In the Egyptian pantheon, what deity has the head of a jackal
16.) Q: In Tarot, which suit often represents emotions?
17.) Q: When was the last law which specifically prohibited witchcraft repealed in England?
18.) Belladonna is the name of a musical album by artist Stevie Nicks, and also the name of a soporific plant found in central Europe and the British Isles. Widely known in witchcraft lore, Belladonna means "beautiful lady" in various romance languages. As an herb, belladonna can be used for banishing and removing baleful influences. Handle with care, as it can be toxic. In America, the native bittersweet or nightshade often takes the place of belladonna. American nightshade has five-pointed purple or white flowers, which may represent the cardinal elements. Its berries are red or black. Nightshade is related to some edible plants including tomatoes, eggplant and the potato. However, nightshade is not directly related to the European plant, belladonna.
19.) Q: Who founded the Alexandrian Tradition of Wicca?
20.) Many Wiccans and other Pagans honor the four cardinal directions and the four elements in ceremony. These are usually attributed to North: Earth; East: Air; South: Fire; and West: Water. However, some folks who live on the Eastern Seaboard of the USA or the shores of Lake Michigan may switch East and West, summoning or invoking Water in the East. The Chinese system of elements includes Water, Earth, Fire, Metal, and Wood. Some Pagan traditions include a fifth element of Spirit, found in the center, above or below. The Watchtowers or Guardians of the directions were used by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, who may have borrowed them from Medieval ceremonial magicians. Elemental beings honored by the Hermetic traditions include Air: Sylphs; Fire: Salamanders; Water: Undines; and Earth: Gnomes. The elements correspond with the four suits of the Tarot and the "weapons" or symbols of ceremonial magick, including Chalices or Cups, Coins or Pentacles, Swords and Wands.
21.) Match the famous Witch with her origin:
1.) Glinda the Good Witch
2.) Baba Yaga
3.) Frau Hulda
4.) Mother Goose
5.) Strega Nona
A.) Russian fairy tale
B.) Tomie DePaola
C.) L. Frank Baum
D.) Germanic legend
E.) Charles Perrault
