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Familiar

In European folklore of the medieval and early modern periods, familiars (strictly familiar spirits, as "familiar" also meant just "close friend" or companion, and may be seen in the scientific name for dog, Canis familiaris) were believed to be supernatural entities, interdimensional beings, or spiritual guardians that would protect or assist witches…

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Witch trials

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Familiar

Nodes70
Edges69
Triples106
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028571
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related to Witch trials · 19
Familiar → Agnes Sampson, Another Essex, Clark, Devil, East Lothian, English, Essex, Hellen Clark, King James VI, Most, Nether Keith, Sampson, Scotland, Scottish, State's, The, The English, The Essex, This
related to Meeting · 16
Familiar → And, Anne Jeffries, Britain, British, Cornish, England, Essex, For, In, Joan Prentice, Joan Willimot, Leicestershire, Liverpool, Margaret Ley, The, Various
related to Working · 16
Familiar → Anne Bodenham, Beelzebub, Elizabeth Chandler, England's Witchcraft Act, Essex, Huntingdonshire, In, It, Joan Cunny, Magicians, Satan, The, They, This, Trullibub, Wiltshire
related to In fiction · 14
Familiar → Dhiwangkara, Dragons, Dungeons, Harry Potter, Harry's, Hedwig, In, Magic In Fiction Familiars, Rowling, Ruslianti, See, The, When, William Shakespeare
related to Prince Rupert's dog · 12
Familiar → As, At, Battle, Boy, During, English Civil War, Marston Moor, Morgan, Parliamentarian, Prince Rupert, Royalist, Throughout
related to Historiography · 9
Familiar → Century, Folklorists, In, James Sharpe, Recent, The, The Encyclopedia, Western Tradition, Witchcraft
related to Types · 8
Familiar → European, Familiars, France, Francemalevolent, Great Britain, Greece, In, Western Europedivinatory
related to Definitions · 4
Familiar → Charles Baudelaire, Pierre, Riffard, The French
related to Descriptions · 4
Familiar → Among, Emma Wilby, The, There
related to Relationship with sorcerers · 4
Familiar → Britain, Early Modern, Emma Wilby, Using

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Familiarrelated to DefinitionsPierre0.60section
Familiarrelated to DefinitionsRiffard0.60section
Familiarrelated to DefinitionsThe French0.60section
Familiarrelated to DefinitionsCharles Baudelaire0.60section
Familiarrelated to DescriptionsAmong0.60section
Familiarrelated to DescriptionsThe0.60section
Familiarrelated to DescriptionsEmma Wilby0.60section
Familiarrelated to DescriptionsThere0.60section
Familiarrelated to HistoriographyRecent0.60section
Familiarrelated to HistoriographyThe0.60section
Familiarrelated to HistoriographyJames Sharpe0.60section
Familiarrelated to HistoriographyThe Encyclopedia0.60section

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