The Hunter: An Uncontrollation In Ancient Greek Myth

Upon meeting some of the accused I felt very surprised that these reputable women would ever be suspected of witchcraft. Never had I seen such pure women be convicted as witches, never the less there were suspicions and I must investigate it to my full potential.

The witch is a recurring symbol found in literature and popular culture from the earliest of times. She lived on the fringes of society, outcast and was treated with fear. The fear was the result of her being the ‘other’ to the power yielded by man, patriarchy and society. She was the other to all the ideals of womanhood that society had marked for women. Her power lay in her disruption of these authorities and her refusal to be controlled. The women not in accordance with the societal concepts were demonised as witches and stripped of her identity as a person, a woman.

In the 16th century, witchcraft became popular because people believed it had a better explanation of unexpected unfortunate events, rather than the working of God’s will (“Witchcraft”). It is practiced by both men and women, but mostly stereotyped to only women. A typical witch was described as being

A middle-aged witch who was sitting on the other side of the fire stood up. "They're all too stupid to figure out how to get it out. Take that ancient crone over there," she said, pointing an accusatory finger in Willa's direction. Then her eyes gleamed in the firelight and she cackled. "She wouldn't even know the right end of a broomstick to straddle if someone hadn't told her."

Everyone knew about the screwball of a witch, Harriet, who lived in the back of the woods. Harriet was genuine in her efforts but was forgetful, and that wasn’t the best thing to be when you’re a witch. One time she casted a spell to water everyone’s plants, a thoughtful gesture, but went to sleep without turning the cast off, flooding the entire town! Some people in the Hallows were still cross at Harriet for her mishap. But as long as she had her magical wand nobody could stop her.

“This city was lived in by a witch named Hagrid a witch that practice black magic on creatures. Luckily these creature don't exist anymore as they say.

a) In the foreground, you can see a curled up figure with pointed ears leaning against a thick light tree.

Over the centuries, the image and the meaning of a witch have undergone a strange transformation. Most people affiliate the word with that of a woman that practices some form of magic; often depicted as evil conjurers who laid curses on others. However, they have been a popular myth throughout the history of humanity. It is safe to assume that people created witches in order to explain some phenomena that existed in ancient times. With modern times, the concept of a witch is nothing more than a fictitious belief because science has discredited the existence of real witches; or perhaps real witches have evolved into something else.

Through the sixteenth and seventeenth century, witchcraft persecutions were widespread throughout various areas of the world. Behind these persecutions, there were many different ideas about what a witch was, and what they were capable of doing. In many children's books, witches are seen travelling by broomstick, cooking forest animals in stew, or casting spells-- spells which may have been for evil or for good. In such books, the capabilities of witches appear to be endless. Therefore, this magic certainly appears to be fictional. However, long ago, there was widespread belief of witches who were able to perform such magic. This leads us to the importance of thinking about what type of people would believe in this unusual idea.

The people in the Medieval and Renaissance times understood and related so well because they believed witches were evil and used their powers for foul things. “The kinds of misfortune for which witchcraft was

Who doesn’t have a favorite constellation? I have found myself looking at the night sky for years wondering this, and over these years I’ve found my favorite, though it may be cliché, this constellation is Orion. I don’t have many reasons for this and honestly I believe the main reason is simply aesthetic preference. Another reason, however, is the Greek myth that goes with it. The constellation itself is located on the celestial equator, simply the projection of earth’s equator in space, and can be seen throughout the world. It was named for the great hunter in Greek mythology, and is one of the most recognized constellations in the world.

The constellation I have chosen is the constellation Hydrus. It was originally established by dutchman Petrus Plancius prior to 1603 and is located in the southern hemisphere. While it is composed of three main stars arranged in a vaguely triangular shape, it contains many over twenty one celestial bodies. Some of the stars are known to have planets in their orbit. I chose it because of its pleasing shape and its association with water snakes, of which I am especially fond.

In the days of yore there once was a witch. Her name was Candice, and she lived in a small hut in the middle of the forest. Candice lived alone with no one else nearby. Candice was a very nice witch, but didn’t quite see what was actually important in life. She was a very vain witch too. She was obsessed with beauty. She read every spell book there ever was to try and find a spell to make herself the most beautiful person in the world.

"May you forever rot in this world, you evil witch!" The words replayed incessantly, tormenting her with brief visions of the past.

I´ve chosen the Orion´s constellation. I have chosen it because I like what respresents in the myths of the Ancient cultures. Its one of the most famous constellations and in the north of the world it´s a winter constellation, it can´t be seen all the year, just near the winter, in his "shoulder" has a supergiant red called Betelgeuse which is so big that if we put it instead of our Sun, the Earth will be inside of the Star! Inside the constellations there is also a nebula (which is the rest of an old star which ended his life) called Orion´s nebula