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String figures may also involve the use of the mouth, wrist, and feet. They may consist of singular images or be created and altered as a game, known as a string game, or as part of a story involving various figures made in sequence (string story). String figures have also been used for divination, such as to predict the sex of an unborn child. [1]
Witch's brooms on downy birch, caused by the fungus Taphrina betulina Witch's broom on a white pine. Witch's broom in Yamaska National Park, QC. Witch's broom or witches' broom is a deformity in a woody plant, typically a tree, where the natural structure of the plant is changed. A dense mass of shoots grows from a single point, with the ...
A witch's ladder (also known as "rope and feathers", witches' ladder, witches ladder, or witch ladder) is a practice, in folk magic or witchcraft, that is made from knotted cord or hair, that normally constitutes a spell. Charms are knotted or braided with specific magical intention into the cords.
A mojo (/ ˈ m oʊ dʒ oʊ /), in the African-American spiritual practice called Hoodoo, is an amulet consisting of a flannel bag containing one or more magical items. It is a "prayer in a bag", or a spell that can be carried with or on the host's body.
"Opening A", seen from below "Two Diamonds" Heraklas' "Plinthios Brokhos" made in a doubled cord.Resembles "A Hole in the Tree" with different crossings. "Cradle", the first (and opening) position of Cat's cradle "Soldier's Bed" from Cat's cradle "Candles" from Cat's cradle "Diamonds" from Cat's cradle "Cat's Eye" from Cat's cradle "Fish in a Dish" from Cat's cradle "Grandfather Clock" from ...
The Yellow Brick Road. When Glinda descends by bubble in the opening number of Wicked, an overhead shot shows the beginning of the Yellow Brick Road exactly the way it appears in The Wizard of Oz ...
The besom or broom, is often associated with witches and witchcraft. The stories of witches flying on brooms originated from the besom. [citation needed] In Wicca, it is used in handfasting ceremonies wherein a couple jumps over it. The besom is also used in seasonal fertility dances as a representation of a phallus.
There are many variations on the cut and restore rope trick, but most or all are variations on three basic methods. [2] The first method involves using sleight of hand to make the viewers believe that the rope is being cut at the middle, but really it is being cut close to the end. The result is a piece of rope nearly as long as the original ...