Stephen Lee Ostrowski
Author / Musician
In 17th century Scandinavian folklore history, Norway had it’s fair share of witches, like England, Scotland, Wales, and many parts of mainland Europe.
Today, the art of witchcraft is practised only by a handful of dedicated enthusiasts, some of will claim to be the descendants of a long line of witches dating back to medieval times.
In Norway, as in any other country that feared the dark side, witches were burnt, stoned, or incarcerated by the villagers who feared them most.
The image portrayed of witches, wether good or bad, is of a cackling old hag dressed in black with a crooked nose, warts, a pointed hat, a cat, and a broomstick. Very few chose this form of attire.
In actual fact, most witches were bestowed with extraordinary beauty, together with charm, enchantment and wisdom that few men could resist. It was usually the women of the villages that incited the hatred towards them, for fear of losing their menfolk, their pride, and their dignity. These women often believed that a witch could take a man of her choice and keep him in the guise of a frog, cat, or whatever until such time that she required to be pleasured and waited on hand and foot.
There are many myths surrounding witches and their activities, few of which can be verified. In Norway it is said that beautiful pale-skinned witches would periodically drift down from the mountainous regions in the north to charm and manipulate the finest men in the villages below, and wives and fiancées would never see their loved ones again.
As legend has it, one such witch was herself tricked into capture and taken to the fjords where she was entombed within a giant iceberg. The centuries passed and the dastardly deed was forgotten… until now.
This is the story of A Witch Called Kate……….