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Wiccan.witch type folk question about eggs.?
Another question got me to thinking about this. I had an employee six years ago or so who was a witch of sorts. I do not know if she had anything to do with the traditional Wicca or not but if anyone can give me an idea of what she was/did or the reasons from the following description I would appreciate it.
She was from northern Mexico around Zacatecas. Most of what she did seemed to utilize chicken eggs in one fashion or another and a little chanting in a language I did not understand(not traditional Spanish anyway). What ever it was people (mostly women) from many countries Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Columbia, Etc. seemed to respect/believe in what she did. They would come by the restaurant looking for her for help (this was all in Las Vegas so serious cultural diversity). Nicest woman you ever met but she was unwilling to ever tell me what it was she did (I never pushed none of my business in my opinion). She also had five younger sisters none of which practiced the same thing. I never recall seeing her wear a cross but many of the women who sought her help did. Thanks for any ideas or answers.
Ack that should have been wiccan/witch.
oh well
Thank you all, Santos and brujah gave me some interesting things to read about. However Brujah seem to be part of some kind of RPG as well so have to filter that out.
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- AravahLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
answer: it's a common thing in South American cultures - unfortunately it's a con. The gypsy or brujah woman has the client bring them an egg and "prays" over it. They switch the eggs with one they've prepared with a little dye injected into it (or something similar) - when they break the egg open they say the red spot (or unhatched baby chicken or whatever they've palmed and switched) is a sign the person is cursed.
The "curse" can be removed - for a fee
Or she wasn't a con artist but was doing the same thing - cracking open an egg and reading the yolk inside (how it falls out, if its a fertilized egg, etc - much like ancient Roman priests used to read the flight patterns of birds, animals entrails and such for omens.
Added: sorry, should have warned you that the brujah are also a clan in the vampire role playing game - Vampire the Masquerade. Totally two different things.
- MSBLv 71 decade ago
She was probably not Wiccan. It sounds like she was practicing a form of folk magic/divination, probably one that had been passed down in her family. A lot of such traditions still exist in Mexico today, often mixed with Christianity as many people have converted but some still adhere to, or respect and seek out, these older traditions.
- 1 decade ago
wow. sounds like santos. It's like catholocism and native mesoamerican magick mixed up, creating a unique and widely practised theology. If it's not traditional spanish there may be some hoodoo mixed in there(?)
some old italian practises utilize chicken eggs, but this is probably not the case. For more inforrmation on santo, look it up on wikipedia or even google. same with hoodoo. see if you can find any matches.
- TeawitchLv 71 decade ago
MSB is right. Not Wiccan, but folk witch from her area. It can be used for many things from cures, to divination to curses. No, not all people who do this are fake. Just skeptics believe that as do cynics. And YES, God does help those who help themselves, but not in the way we want him to!
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- 1 decade ago
I believe she was doing liempiadas (cleansings) with the eggs. I'm sure there was more to it than that. Their usually called, corranderas (or healers), or brujas she probably was reading (mexican) cards and doing spells for these woman. And it is done with the belief in God. Their favorite saying is, "God helps those who help themselves," which is not true, I found out. Witch craft is witch craft no matter how you cut it. So it was witch craft to answer your question
- Anonymous1 decade ago
It could have been folk magic, divination, or her culture... maybe she didn't want to talk about it because of feared prejudice?
- 1 decade ago
it is called santa re-aha thats probably not how its spelled,but that's what it is.oh its latin & spanish 0r latin &portugise
- Anonymous1 decade ago
She was hatching the eggs....
