tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6880727956547669971.post7353305227610503742..comments2023-12-19T22:04:31.812-09:00Comments on HoodooQ: Mardi: Herbal-WisePaulinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11730716060906158244noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6880727956547669971.post-23777765619594310332013-10-05T10:38:12.843-08:002013-10-05T10:38:12.843-08:00You know, it is still possible to get the original...You know, it is still possible to get the original "Pow-Wows, or, the Long Lost Friend" by Hohman. I am not a fan of, nor would I ever recommend, the new-age re-imaginings of traditional texts, especially when they are readily available. Pow-wow is simply Gemanic folk magic in as much as Hoodoo is American folk magic. In Iceland it is called "trolldom" and the practitioners "trollkarls" while the Anglo-Saxon (English) variation was originally known as "wicce" (pronounced WEE-ch) from whence the word "wicca" is derived. It means, literally, "witch" not "wise women" or "old ways" and it is due to this kind of misinformation I cannot in good conscience recommend writings like those of "Ravenwolf"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14238253279717422937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6880727956547669971.post-49423425775696303622011-07-19T17:11:57.363-08:002011-07-19T17:11:57.363-08:00According to Ms. RavenWolf, Pow-Wow came over from...According to Ms. RavenWolf, Pow-Wow came over from Germany with the pre-Revolution settlers and later took on a Native American sounding name as the Europeans learned about native plants from indigenous people. So, whether you know it or not, you may have had some Pow-Wow artists in your family :)Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730716060906158244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6880727956547669971.post-27301558542312018972011-07-19T16:29:11.090-08:002011-07-19T16:29:11.090-08:00Interesting, Pauline. Being from Pennsylvania orig...Interesting, Pauline. Being from Pennsylvania originally I wish I could say that I already knew about Pow-Wow, but about the closest I could say I came to anything like it (in name only) would be when we participated in the "Indian Guides" when I was a kid... ;-) <br /><br />The Pennsylvania Dutch Hex Barn picture is certainly a familiar sight from my childhood, though.Timmy!https://www.blogger.com/profile/09902641426229272672noreply@blogger.com