Spooky Magic Talisman Hand Of Glory - Alternative View

Spooky Magic Talisman Hand Of Glory - Alternative View
Spooky Magic Talisman Hand Of Glory - Alternative View

Video: Spooky Magic Talisman Hand Of Glory - Alternative View

Video: Spooky Magic Talisman Hand Of Glory - Alternative View
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Throughout history and in different cultures, various mysterious artifacts, amulets and talismans have been in circulation. And some of them were of downright occult and dark origins.

A European mascot called the Hand of Glory was mentioned as early as the 1600s, but may have been known much earlier.

This talisman is a specially cut off left (sometimes right) hand of a hanged criminal. Mostly it was made from the hand of a killer.

The severed hand was drained of blood, then dried, pickled in a special liquid, and then candles made from the fat of another criminal, preferably also hanged, were inserted into it in various ways.

The most famous recipe for the Hand of Glory was published in an occult grimoire of 1722 called Petit Albert:

The Hand of Glory in the Harry Potter movie
The Hand of Glory in the Harry Potter movie

The Hand of Glory in the Harry Potter movie.

Historians still do not know what these substances ponie and zimat are, so it is difficult to exactly repeat this recipe today. However, there are other recipes for making the Hand of Glory. One of them is kept in the British Whitby Musuem Museum.

There are actually a lot of recipes and in some it is necessary to make wicks for candles from the criminal's hair, put candles between fingers or inside fingers, prepare a hand during a lunar eclipse or at another time, etc. Only options with drying and pickling are common.

What is the Hand of Glory for? Oh, this is a very useful artifact for thieves, with its help they supposedly can open any locked door and at the same time remain invisible to everyone.

Historians believe that the concept of the Hand of Glory came from the myth of the mandrake, which says that the roots and leaves of a mandrake look like a human hand. And the mandrake itself allegedly loves to grow under the gallows and feeds on the blood of the hanged. In general, in history, human remains often had one or another magical power. At the same time, the Hand of Glory is not just tales, there are examples of its real production and use. In the book Curious Myths of the Middle Ages from 1873, a story is told of a beggar who, during a severe storm, appeared on the porch of a hotel in Northumberland (England). There were no places in this hotel, but the beggar was allowed to spend the night by the fireplace next to the servant. Late at night, the maid saw a beggar pull out a dry human hand from under his cloak, and then lit the candles placed between her fingers. Then he began to mutter some incantations, and then he began to walk around the house with a burning hand, take spoons, candlesticks and other things and throw them into his bag. The maid rushed to wake the other inhabitants of the house, but they could not wake up, no matter how hard she tried. Then she decided to stop the thief herself, but nothing came of it until she poured a jug of milk on him and put out the candles lit in her hand
Historians believe that the concept of the Hand of Glory came from the myth of the mandrake, which says that the roots and leaves of a mandrake look like a human hand. And the mandrake itself allegedly loves to grow under the gallows and feeds on the blood of the hanged. In general, in history, human remains often had one or another magical power. At the same time, the Hand of Glory is not just tales, there are examples of its real production and use. In the book Curious Myths of the Middle Ages from 1873, a story is told of a beggar who, during a severe storm, appeared on the porch of a hotel in Northumberland (England). There were no places in this hotel, but the beggar was allowed to spend the night by the fireplace next to the servant. Late at night, the maid saw a beggar pull out a dry human hand from under his cloak, and then lit the candles placed between her fingers. Then he began to mutter some incantations, and then he began to walk around the house with a burning hand, take spoons, candlesticks and other things and throw them into his bag. The maid rushed to wake the other inhabitants of the house, but they could not wake up, no matter how hard she tried. Then she decided to stop the thief herself, but nothing came of it until she poured a jug of milk on him and put out the candles lit in her hand

Historians believe that the concept of the Hand of Glory came from the myth of the mandrake, which says that the roots and leaves of a mandrake look like a human hand. And the mandrake itself allegedly loves to grow under the gallows and feeds on the blood of the hanged. In general, in history, human remains often had one or another magical power. At the same time, the Hand of Glory is not just tales, there are examples of its real production and use. In the book Curious Myths of the Middle Ages from 1873, a story is told of a beggar who, during a severe storm, appeared on the porch of a hotel in Northumberland (England). There were no places in this hotel, but the beggar was allowed to spend the night by the fireplace next to the servant. Late at night, the maid saw a beggar pull out a dry human hand from under his cloak, and then lit the candles placed between her fingers. Then he began to mutter some incantations, and then he began to walk around the house with a burning hand, take spoons, candlesticks and other things and throw them into his bag. The maid rushed to wake the other inhabitants of the house, but they could not wake up, no matter how hard she tried. Then she decided to stop the thief herself, but nothing came of it until she poured a jug of milk on him and put out the candles lit in her hand.

Historians believe that the concept of the Hand of Glory came from the myth of the mandrake, which says that the roots and leaves of a mandrake look like a human hand. And the mandrake itself allegedly loves to grow under the gallows and feeds on the blood of the hanged.

In general, in history, human remains often had one or another magical power. At the same time, the Hand of Glory is not just tales, there are examples of its real production and use.

The book "Curious Myths of the Middle Ages" from 1873 tells the story of a beggar who, during a severe bad weather, appeared on the porch of a hotel in Northumberland, England. There were no places in this hotel, but the beggar was allowed to spend the night by the fireplace next to the servant.

Late at night, the maid saw a beggar pull out a dry human hand from under his cloak, and then lit the candles placed between her fingers. Then he began to mutter some incantations, and then he began to walk around the house with a burning hand, take spoons, candlesticks and other things and throw them into his bag.

The maid rushed to wake the other inhabitants of the house, but they could not wake up, no matter how hard she tried. Then she decided to stop the thief herself, but nothing came of it until she poured a jug of milk on him and put out the candles lit in her hand.

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It is generally believed that extinguishing the candles on the Hand of Glory with milk or blood is essentially the only way to stop its magic. Someone else described another liquid made from black cat bile, white chicken fat, and owl blood. This liquid should have been sprayed on windowsills and doors, and then the thief, even with the Hand of Glory, will not be able to enter your house.

There are several Hands of Glory in museums these days, each with its own spooky history. One of the Hands can be seen in the British Walsall Museum. She was found in the wall of The White Hart mansion during renovations.

Another hand is kept in the Whitby Museum and was also found walled up in the wall of an old cottage in the village of Castleton in North Yorkshire in 1935.