• In Bavarian folklore of the Early Modern period, a Wolfssegen ([vɔlfs.ˈzeːɡn̩]; also Wolfsegen, Wolf-Segen) was an apotropaic charm against wolves; conversely...
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    water for luck The Scottish Play Troll cross Tycho Brahe days Witch post Wolfssegen General 1 (Ace of spades) 3 (Three on a match) 4 (Four-leaf clover, Tetraphobia)...
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    water for luck The Scottish Play Troll cross Tycho Brahe days Witch post Wolfssegen General 1 (Ace of spades) 3 (Three on a match) 4 (Four-leaf clover, Tetraphobia)...
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    water for luck The Scottish Play Troll cross Tycho Brahe days Witch post Wolfssegen General 1 (Ace of spades) 3 (Three on a match) 4 (Four-leaf clover, Tetraphobia)...
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    water for luck The Scottish Play Troll cross Tycho Brahe days Witch post Wolfssegen General 1 (Ace of spades) 3 (Three on a match) 4 (Four-leaf clover, Tetraphobia)...
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  • water for luck The Scottish Play Troll cross Tycho Brahe days Witch post Wolfssegen General 1 (Ace of spades) 3 (Three on a match) 4 (Four-leaf clover, Tetraphobia)...
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  • salt Spilling water for luck Troll cross Tycho Brahe days Witch post Wolfssegen Luck Omen Curse cf. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superstition...
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  • incantamento et adjuratione magica Stieler 1669[clarification needed]; e.g. Wolfssegen "contra lupos"). This early modern usage survives in dialectal variation...
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  • water for luck The Scottish Play Troll cross Tycho Brahe days Witch post Wolfssegen General 1 (Ace of spades) 3 (Three on a match) 4 (Four-leaf clover, Tetraphobia)...
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    being werewolves. Gilles Garnier Modern witch-hunts Valais witch trials Wolfssegen Werewoman References Lorey (2000) records 280 known cases; this contrasts...
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