Help! I've been cursed! Nah, you've been protected with Apotropaic Marks! A fancy word for Ritual Marks, also known as Apotropaic Marks (say that fast three times!), and sometimes referred to as Witch Marks, have certainly left an eerie "mark" throughout Europe, particularly England, for hundreds of years. Talle is a leeeetle overzealous about this topic so grab some tea and get comfy for a deep dive into these very interesting symbols of protection found in the most peculiar of places.
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Show Notes:
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/bradford-on-avon-tithe-barn/history/
https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/news/help-hunt-for-witches-marks/
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/discover/history/warding-off-evil-with-witch-marks
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/kent/knole/witchmarks-at-knole-and-the-gunpowder-plot
https://museumcrush.org/witchs-chimney-witches-marks-to-be-revealed-at-wookey-hole-caves/
SYMBOLS_SCORES_ON_THE_DOORS.pdf
https://www.ashmolean.org/spellbound
http://newenglandfolklore.blogspot.com/2020/03/daisy-wheels-and-witch-marks-in-new.html
http://secretsuffolk.com/troston-st-marys/
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/ritual-protection-marks-and-witchcraft-knole-kent
https://podcasts.apple.com/jo/podcast/episode-83-halloween-special-witchcraft-and-witch-marks/id1156861002?i=1000496443723
https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/shows/mystic-britain
https://modernmythology.net/realpentagramhistory-64fdc64866a5