The REAL Reason Witches Fly on Brooms!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2024
- Witches are often associated with flying around on brooms. But why of all things do we depict them flying on these? In this video we find out the truth!
TheoretiCole
I love my fair share of fantasy movies.
They always tend to have something in them
that makes them magical.
I'm talking about magic, sorcery,
wizardry, whatever you want to call it.
Is it just fantasy, though?
If you were caught partaking
in any of this magic in the late 1600s,
you might be considered a witch.
But if you were a witch living in Salem,
Massachusetts, you would be invited
into families, homes with open arms.
Well would you look at that!
Get in here.
We're just about to eat dinner.
I'm kidding.
You would be burned alive.
So what do you say?
You and I make things interesting?
witches have many stereotypes associated
with them.
pointy hats
with a large brim, black cats, green skin,
green goo brewing in a black cauldron and,
of course, brooms.
Now, a lot of these stereotypes
have an explanation, but some not so much
specifically why we envision
witches flying around on these bad boys.
I mean, of all things, why this?
Why not a cool wooden staff or something?
Why a household broom?
My thought is this.
I literally I have no idea.
I literally have no idea.
This is the only thing
I can literally think of.
And it's so dumb.
But witches are usually portrayed
as old, raggedy and dirty in movies.
Their homes are often
dusty, covered in cobwebs and dilapidated.
My guess is that these people were often
seen sweeping
and trying to keep after their homes.
I don't know.
I literally have no idea.
And maybe
because they were such a hated community,
whenever they were going public,
they needed some form of protection.
So why not just grab the closest thing
to the door on your way out?
Maybe a broom?
Yeah, it's definitely a wild guess,
but that's the best I can come up with.
So to get a better understanding
of the truth,
we have to take a step back in time
to 14th century Europe.
Back then, religion ruled all
Those who spoke out
against the religion or practiced others
were often seen as evil
and were sometimes.
Hey, pa
hey pa...
pa
Hey, hey.
PA pa pa pa pa pa.
Hey, what if.
What if God was actually a frog?
Wouldn't that be funny?
Many had a strong belief
that the devil himself could give certain
people power to harm others in return
for their loyalty to their religion.
This was known
as the European witch craze.
It lasted from the 14th century,
all the way up until the 17th century.
During this time, between 200,000 and
500,000 people were executed.
seriously?
Around the time the European witch craze
was coming to an end, a little town known
as Salem, Massachusetts, decided they were
going to take the reins for a bit.
In January of 1692,
two girls started behaving oddly,
having episodes where they screamed
through things, muttered weird sounds,
and contorted themselves
into strange positions.
One of Salem's local doctors
blamed it on the supernatural.
On February 29th, the girls came forward
and blamed three women.
Strangely enough,
one of these women actually confessed.
She stated.
So of course,
all three women were then placed in jail.
This then led people
to accusing everyone of being a witch.
The youngest being four years old.
Some genuinely were concerned
that their neighbor was a witch.
Others were accusing people
just because they did them wrong.
A little candlelight dinner
never hurt anybody.
Oh vanilla my favorite!
excuse me...
witch.
(distant screams)
Unfortunately, 19
people were hanged because of this.
This story led to the book
we know so well, The Crucible,
which was written in 1953
by Arthur Miller.
I feel like we've all had to read that
in high school. Right?
And for anyone watching this,
that's not yet in high school, just wait.
And if you don't have to read it, kindly
drop the name of the high school
you're going to in the comments
section below so I can call and complain
because I had to
read that *** in front of everyone!
The iconic depiction of a witch
standing over a cauldron
stirring up a green brew
actually has some truth behind it.
Yeah. No **** it's 80 degrees out.
You think I'm doing this for fun?
I'm sweating here.
Okay.
In 1976,
evidence was found that the Salem witch
trials may have begun
from an outbreak of rye ergot.
Our guide is a fungus
that can form on grains such as rye.
At this time,
bread was a major part of the diet.
The side effects from ingesting
or eating the fungus were flu like symptoms.
Oh, and the acid trip of a lifetime.
The fungus produced mind altering effects,
much like that of hallucinogenic drugs.
#halloween #witch #salem
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As a witch myself, let me explain the broomstick. It is used to sweep negative energy away and is sometimes kept above the doorway. They are also used for Hedgeriding/Journeying. This is the process of flying into an different realm figurtivly
With the use of some "brew".. ? Wink wink nudge nudge 🤣🤣
I'm sorry no logic or legit info can erase that from my mind now.
Yeah but that's the new wicca no?
Thank you. This is something I always hate explaining to people.
Thank you for dispelling the myths! Blessed be!
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Ok, I lost it at White girls with pumpkin spice latte. lol
Sweetie, brooms ARE the coolest magical staffs you could ever get a hold of. You can do SO much more with a broom. You can do everything a staff can , PLUS, you can clean house. Both literally and figuratively. You want to get rid of a pest? Brooms are literally designed to do just that. Dirt gone, pests gone, I’d like to see a plain old staff do all that.
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Yes, I remember having to read The Crucible in high school, although there was one occasion where we were privy to listening to it on cassette. Oh, and the movie with Winona Ryder as Abigail came out when I was in the 9th grade.
To be honest, the book was actually pretty good😂
They showed the movie in my 11th grade English
Till this video, the best explanation I had heard was that the broom was a symbol of the feminine - are at least a female’s expected roll in medieval society. A modern term that can be applied to supposed witches is anti-establishment, in that the existence of the witch was breaking God’s laws for the Earth. While the understanding was that the witch got their powers from Satan, the perception was that the witch was flaunting her unnatural, feminine based powers, in the face of the masculine controlled societal order. The broom was supposed to be a visual metaphor of her powers.
I will need to spend some tome cross referencing these two ideas to see if there is any connection. I had not previously heard of brooms being used for… self stimulation, but it would make a lot of sense that if this was occurring that the church of the time would feel threatened by even this small act of female independence.
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Another reason for brooms -women. sexism. women clean. cleaning involves sweeping.//
As for the Pointy Hats? Pointy hats were actually the "in" thing or the Popular Fashion of the day. That's literally it. So I guess Witches were just fashion trendy at the time (and always!)
also imma witch, Eclectic tho~ ^^;
Pointy hats were used in illustrations at the time to add ridicule along with the ugly, warty old women thing, because the fashion had changed from high cone headdresses sometimes draped with ribbons to more sedate headwear. Hence, witches were out of touch with fashion.
Bro pulled a whole studio set out of thin air. That’s the real witchcraft
I hadn't read The Crucible. Should I? 🙃
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The opening was hilarious.
Hence, the real reason sanding wood really well came into vogue.
My favorite one yet 😂
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Language police here: so you " literally couldn't think of anything else", pray tell , could you " figuratively couldn't think ..."
Please don’t arrest me😂
Blessed Be
Love and Light
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Mops are to heavy 🤔
Educational comedy?!? Thank the goddess because brooms, historically, were called besoms
The broom is der Besen in German.
Besoms? I think you misspelled bosoms!!
Lmfao 😂😂😂 idk y the beginning had me so tickled
I Didnt think anybody else on the planet did that! Speculate a reason before actually looking it up. I thought I was the only one
So, it's to sweepaway negative energy. Wow!
I wonder if the word sand-WICH came from or had anything to do with witches?
Literally came from The Earl of Sandwich who didn't want to stop playing cards so he demanded his entire meal be placed between 2 slices of bread. Now he had veggies, meats, cheese, and sauces between the several sandwiches he consumed and a meal for a busy human was created.
Well? I learn something.🎃
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At Sacredheart Gryffin we didn’t need to read the book you mentioned
My family is from Paisley in Scotland. If you're in to history and witches then research there.
My sister married into a family from there. I call them The Watson Witches. 😅
i am witch but i am still learning, i just a kid witch
Witches, love and laughter, Blessed Be you'll be great
Witches have massive camel toes. Extra grip on the broom. Lol
Not to mention most witches don't believe in the Christian doctrine so Satan is a no go...
And one was pressed
Witch are real but do not fly
Paganism is religion. Witchcraft is a CRAFT not a religion
Thanks for clearing that up!
We don't have green skin you silly nub.
I dunno sister, after hanging out with Priscilla Cyban I'm often a bit green the next day.
@@1jotun136 🤣
This was funny, but more like the gallows in Salem. You should read Hammer of Witches....Malleus Maleficarum. Written by a German Catholic clergyman of course. Thus the mass hysteria ensued!! 🔥🧹🪄
Thankfully spectral evidence can't be used anymore...Imagine if it was.
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