THE WITCH
- Now more often seen within children’s stories, but still a favourite image among many modern wiccans and witches. The origins of the traditional image of the witch, with her pointed hat and broom, are lost in the mists of time. However, Witches are depicted in medieval illumination riding on brooms and pointed - brimmed hats are known to have been associated with ritual and magic in the bronze age.
- The earliest know picture of witches flying on broomstcks may be found in a French manuscript ~ written about the year 1440 ~ known as Le Champion des dames, by Martin le Franc.
