What is the name given to a group of witches?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Group Of Witches

Answer 3

Coven or covan was originally a late medieval Scots word (c1500) meaning a gathering of any kind, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. It derives from the Latin root word convenire meaning to come together or to gather, which also gave rise to the English word convene.

The first recorded use of it being applied to witches comes much later, from 1662 in the witch-trial of Isobel Gowdie, which describes a coven of 13 members.

The word coven remained largely unused in English until 1921 when Margaret Murray promoted the idea, now much disputed, that all witches across Europe met in groups of thirteen which they called 'covens'.

Answer 4

A coven. Witchcraft began in England by old ladies who often suffered from a variety of ailments - including arthritis which is painful. Hence the image of a witch bent forward with a stick. They formed groups to exchange their knowledge of botanical medicines and herbs and those were known as covens. It was christians who thought they were wicked. They were discriminated against in the same way as elderly and disabled people are discriminated against today. But as there were no doctors - if you got sick the local witch or later the local priest was the only person who could help. Priests and monks were more knowledgable because they were literate quite often - the knowledge the witches had was passed by word of mouth at their meetings. They also understood the power of suggestion as used in hypnosis and hence the spell was used to help people with emotional problems and frighten away the ignorant and bigoted.

Answer 5

A coven is often where a group of witch practise together.

Most Covens are small, intimate groups of about a dozen members that have worked together for a long time and tend to develop very strong bonds that can be as close as a family.

Answer 6

They are called a coven. It is an old scots word from 1500 derived from the Latin convenire (we also get our word convene from this). It was originally any gathering but was used to describe a meeting of witches during the trial of Isobel Gowdie and this is where the No. 13 first appeared. The number in a coven varies however such as the 3 witches in Macbeth.

Answer 7

That depends. Not all witches are part of a coven, and members of a coven are not always witches, but sometimes wiccans. A circle would be another name, or simply a gathering.

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Answer 8

A coven of witches

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Answer 10

It is a Coven of Witches

Answer 11

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