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- Familiar_spirit abstract "In European folklore and folk-belief of the Medieval and Early Modern periods, familiar spirits (sometimes referred to simply as "familiars" or "animal guides") were believed to be supernatural entities that would assist witches and cunning folk in their practice of magic. According to the records of the time, they would appear in numerous guises, often as an animal, but also at times as a human or humanoid figure, and were described as "clearly defined, three-dimensional… forms, vivid with colour and animated with movement and sound" by those alleging to have come into contact with them, unlike later descriptions of ghosts with their "smoky, undefined form[s]".When they served witches, they were often thought to be malevolent, while when working for cunning-folk they were often thought of as benevolent (although there was some ambiguity in both cases). The former were often categorised as demons, while the latter were more commonly thought of and described as fairies. The main purpose of familiars is to serve the witch or young witch, providing protection for them as they come into their new powers.Since the 20th century a number of magical practitioners, including adherents of the Neopagan religion of Wicca, have begun to utilise the concept of familiars, due to their association with older forms of magic. These contemporary practitioners utilize pets, wildlife or believe that invisible spirit versions of familiars act as magical aids.".
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- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink A._P._Elkin.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Aboriginal_Australians.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Agnes_Sampson.
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- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Animism.
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- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Bessie_Dunlop.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Boye_(dog).
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Category:English_legendary_creatures.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Category:Fantasy_tropes.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Category:Supernatural_legends.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Category:Witchcraft.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Cavalier.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Baudelaire.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Cunning-folk.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Cunning_folk.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Daemon_(classical_mythology).
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Daemon_(mythology).
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Demon.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Devil.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Divination.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Divinatory.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Doppelgänger.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Early_Modern.
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- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Emma_Wilby.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink English_Civil_War.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Essex.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Fairy.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Fairy_tale.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Fairy_tales.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Folklore.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Genius_(mythology).
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Ghost.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Ghosts.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Greece.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Household_deity.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Huntingdonshire.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Imp.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink James_VI_and_I.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink King_James_VI.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Kuladevata.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Leicestershire.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Liverpool.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Magic_(paranormal).
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Margaret_Murray.
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- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Mircea_Eliade.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Modern_paganism.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Monkcastle,_North_Ayrshire.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Nagual.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Neopaganism.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Neoshamanism.
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- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Poodle.
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- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Prince_Rupert_of_the_Rhine.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Puss-in-Boots.
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- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Qareen.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Roundhead.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Rumpelstiltskin.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Satan.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Scotland.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Shikigami.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Silver_bullet.
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- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink The_Devil.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink The_Frog_Prince.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink The_Frog_Prince_(story).
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Torngarsuk.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Tutelary_deity.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Wayob.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Wekufe.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Wicca.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Witchcraft.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Witchcraft_accusations_against_children.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Witchcraft_and_children.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Witches.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink Yekyua.
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLink İye.
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- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLinkText "Animal spirit".
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLinkText "Devil's familiar".
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLinkText "Familiar spirit".
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLinkText "Familiar".
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLinkText "Familiars".
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLinkText "a spirit that physically manifests itself in the shape of an animal".
- Familiar_spirit wikiPageWikiLinkText "animal familiars".