Coven
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A coven is a group or gathering of witches. The word "coven" remained largely unused in English until 1921 when Margaret Murray promoted the idea that all witches across Europe met in groups of thirte
Gathering of Wiccans for a handfasting ceremony at Avebury in England
Witchcraft; a witch and a devil making a nail with which to Wellcome V0025812EBL
Margaret Murray
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Margaret Alice Murray was a British Egyptologist, archaeologist, anthropologist, historian, and folklorist. The first woman to be appointed as a lecturer in archaeology in the United Kingdom, she work
Coven
…coven" (from Anglo-Norman covent, cuvent, from Old French covent, from Latin conventum = convention) remained largely unused in English until 1921 when Margaret Murray promoted the idea that all witches across Europe met in groups of thirteen which they called "covens". In the Wicca religion and other similar forms…
Murray in 1928
Murray studied Egyptology at the UCL Wilkins Building (pictured).
The Osireion (pictured), which was first excavated by Murray
Murray came to do much lecturing and cataloguing at Manchester Museum (pictured).