Witchcraft of Europe

In Lascaux, France, a cave was was discovered by archaeologist that is dating back to 35,000 B.C. In this cave amulets with an image on it made of amber were found and are believed to be protection from evil that the people who lived in this cave used. Also in this cave a burial ground was found where corpses were. The corpses were bound with cords of which may be because maybe the people didn't want the dead to harm them. The heads of the corpses were said to look like they were used as receptacles for drinking so that the people "could drink the spirits' wisdom." Also in this cave, paintings on the wall of wild beast and pregnant, large breasted women, possibly mother earth, were found and are believed to of have been a form of witch craft.

Also in Europe, the Celtics were magic practicers. The Celtics lived 2,000 years ago on the land of what is now coastal France, Great Britain, and Ireland. Today, modern witchcraft includes some old Celtic traditions. Halloween, which is called "Samhain" to the wicca witches, is a Celtic festival worshiping Samhain, the Celtic lord of death, of where the druids, the priest of the Celts, told the followers to put out their hearth fires. When the fires were put out, the druids would make a New Year's bonfire of where gifts to the gods were thrown and where the followers would dance around. After the festival, the followers would get a torch and light it with the fire of the bonfire and then bring it home to re-light their hearth fires.

There are many other places in Europe where some form of witchcraft or belief of magician happened. In Scandinavia, the Norse believe in wizards and such. In England and France there were gypsies whom told people their fortunes.