So Many Witches ... Do You Know Which Witch Is Which?

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From the American Topical Association:

ATA's Free Holiday Checklist
October 4, 2018

Each year during the holiday season, ATA creates a special checklist as a gift to the philatelic community. The 2018 checklist, Witches, contains many stamps not specifically related to Halloween. Our hobby is rich with topical stamps leading to exploration of Nature, Culture and Technology. Download this free list to see some possibilities!

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Q/ Anybody got any witches?

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

Well, there's my ex, I suppose ...

Geoff, you naughty fellow,
I have visions of your ex sort of...........(with you in the pot).
SG#1063 1968

The little old witch who lured Hensel and Gretel into captivity was pictured with the typical hunched back and large nose witches seem to have. set of four charity stamps 1961

(Hi Ikey, What fun - we can go on a real witch hunt! K.)

Did the witch lock up only Hensel? If so, Gretel doesn't even look terribly worried. the other stamp of the 1961 set showing the witch.

Yes, Hänsel was locked up and being fattened, so he could be eaten, but Gretel was outside of the cage, forced to do the witch's housework.

In the Ural fairy tales involved mountain witch - Mistress of Copper Mountain. This is a beautiful woman, but rather capricious. Sometimes she helps the masters and prospectors, and sometimes takes them prisoner.


In the fairy tale "The Stone Flower" the Mistress of the copper mountain helps the master to make a beautiful vase from malachite. One of these stored in the Hermitage

Another witch hunt?

The author and, therefor, the witch knew that:

- Gretel would stick around, for Hansel's sake, while

- Hansel would feel bad for a fleeting moment as he fled.

Hmm ... try saying that one ten times, fast.

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

If you are hunting witches, I hope you find one as lovely as this one on the Australian stamp, one of five honoring the Children's Book Council in 1985. She is wearing her peaked hat and has her broom, her black cat and plenty of bats with her.

In Pushkin's fairy tale "The Tale of a Dead Princess and the Seven Knights", the evil witch treats the princess with a poisoned apple




This is a very ancient European story, exactly corresponds to the fairy tale "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"

Ooh, that's a nice one! I'll have to see about getting one of those at my next stamp show.

This is an interesting topic to collect.

Hmm.

Choice #1 is a very attractive evil seductress.

Choice #2 is a not-so-attractive evil seductress.

If you assume all hope is lost after you meet any evil seductress then, yes, by all means, choose #1.

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

Slovenia
Superstition and Magic in Slovenia
May 25, 2018
Set of five, the stamp entitled Witches portrays the superstition that witches are able to cast spells, tell fortunes, prophesy and even heal.

United States
Disney Villains
July 15, 2017
Set of ten, one stamp depicts Ursula, a sea witch who appears in the fairy tale The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen.