hedge witches
Village wise women
Hedge witches practice a solitary, informal form of witchcraft rooted in herbalism, folk magic, and connection to nature rather than organized covens or ceremonial traditions.
The hedge in the name evokes the boundary between the cultivated and wild—the village edge where a cunning woman might gather plants.
Hedge witchcraft emphasizes practical skills like healing, divination, and working with local spirits: She identified as a hedge witch, preferring her garden to group rituals.
- cunning folkTraditional rural magic workers
- herbalistPractitioner using plant medicines
- herbal remediesPlant-based medicinal preparations
- wise womanFemale with profound understanding
- village healerRural community's medical practitioner
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- occultistswizards, sorcerers, sorceresses, warlocks, mages
- folk superstitionsevil eye, black cat, black cats, horseshoes, horseshoe luck
- paganspagans, neo-pagans, heathens, druids, polytheists
hedge witcheshigh priests
Supreme religious authorities
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