SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2019 – 1:30 p.m.
SWEDISH WITCHES-FOLKLORE & TRIALS
at Redemption Lutheran Church
4057 N. Mayfair Rd. (Hwy. 100, just north of Capitol Dr.)
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
According to Swedish Folklore, Maundy Thursday was time for all Swedish witches (häxor) to grab their broomsticks from hiding to fly off to celebrate the Witches’ Sabbath. On Holy Saturday it was time to fly back home and attend Easter Sunday service with everyone else in the village, but be careful not to say your prayers backwards. That would be a sure way to be identified as a witch.
Getting too old to fly at night on that rickety old broom, please consider a more modern form of transportation and join us on Saturday, March 9, 2019 at 1:30 p.m., as we welcome Amber Rose, Ph.D. Candidate in Scandinavian Studies-Folklore, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Assistant Acquisitions Editor with The University of Wisconsin Press. Amber will tell us the story of Swedish witches and witch trials in the period (1450-1700).
We’ll end with an exploration of today’s contemporary tradition of Swedish Witches at Easter time. Who knows, we may even have an Easter Witch or two in attendance at the meeting?
Join the Swedish American Historical Society of Wisconsin meeting on Saturday, March 9, 2019, at 1:30 p.m.at Redemption Lutheran Church, 4057 N. Mayfair Rd. (Hwy 100, just north of Capitol Dr.) in Wauwatosa. FIKA follows.
and SAVE THESE DATES FOR OUR COMING EVENTS in 2019:
May 11, 2019 –The Story of the Bishop Hill Settlement at Redemption Luth. Church
June 23, 2019 – Midsommar at Heidelberg Park – Glendale
Need more information:
Call 414-352-7890 …or…
Email: swedishamericanhistoricalwisc@gmail.com.
