In folklore and legends around the world, there are often tales of curses that befall individuals as a result of their actions or encounters with mystical forces. One such curse is known as "A Curse of Tooth and Claw," a haunting and malevolent enchantment that is said to bring misfortune and suffering to those who incur its wrath. This curse is often associated with the supernatural realm, where creatures with tooth and claw are believed to possess otherworldly powers and abilities. It is said that these creatures, such as werewolves, vampires, and other supernatural beings, have the ability to invoke the curse upon unsuspecting individuals through various means, such as biting, scratching, or even just making eye contact. Once the curse takes hold, its effects are said to be both physical and psychological. Victims of the curse may experience a range of symptoms, including extreme pain, rapid aging, uncontrollable rage, and a primal instinct to hunt and feed.
ceremony and gain her ultimate form.
Grandiene is also utterly heartless, as she feels zero remorse for ordering her son Zlypheeza to fatally shoot his own brother Cobolda to death along with the GoGoV team. She tries to kill most of the GogoFive minus GoRed by burning them to death through sacrificing Zylpheeza but Matoi defeats her by striking her with V-Mode Punch which saved his siblings.
Victims of the curse may experience a range of symptoms, including extreme pain, rapid aging, uncontrollable rage, and a primal instinct to hunt and feed. In some cases, the cursed individual may transform into a creature themselves, forever trapped in a state of eternal suffering. The curse of tooth and claw is often seen as a moral consequence, punishing those who have committed heinous acts or broken sacred laws.
Want to be a full-time witch this spooky season? There’s a growing West Michigan group for that.
Katrina Peshka, pictured here, is one of the founding members of the Witches of West Michigan Facebook group. The group now has nearly 2,500 members.
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Move over, Sanderson sisters from the “Hocus Pocus” movies. The Witches of West Michigan are taking over.
Initially created in August 2021 so friends could discuss “witchy things,” the Facebook group called “Witches of West Michigan” now has nearly 2,500 members.
The group was created by Erica Franke after she was talking with friends about the need for a safe space online to talk about witch-related items like crystals, herbs, moon cycles, pagan holidays and spells.
“We were expecting maybe 50-60 people, but we grew really fast,” Katrina Peshka, another of the group’s founding members, told MLive/The Grand Rapids Press.
Now, the group has expanded to divination festivals, selling witchy clothes and merchandise, supplies swaps, “witches brew” coffee meetups and more.
Though the group is geared toward women, non-binary folks and supportive male partners of witches are welcome on the page. For male-identifying people interested in witchcraft, the Men’s Magical Council of West Michigan exists too.
Members of the Witches of West Michigan group participate in a supplies swap in January 2022. The group swapped items like books, candles, crystals and more. (Photo provided by Katrina Peshka)
Being a member of the Witches of West Michigan group does not necessarily mean someone is Wiccan or pagan.
“It’s a very diverse group,” Franke said. “We have moms, people in college, all walks of life. They’re all just looking for a space online to talk about witchy things. We have Christian, Jewish and atheist witches. Witchcraft is not inherently linked to religion.”
There are different categories of witches, like kitchen witches who enjoy cooking some magic into their baking or tea, cosmic witches who gravitate toward astronomy and astrology and green witches who focus on gardening, herbs and nature. Water witches might be drawn toward taking dips in the lake and crystal witches channel energy through different minerals and gems.
What the Witches of West Michigan are not, though, is evil.
“We don’t worship Satan, this is not a coven,” Peshka said. “We’re not necessarily Wiccan, either.”
In fact, the majority of witches in the group are brand new to witchcraft, called “baby witches.” At each of the festival events hosted by Witches of West Michigan, there is some sort of workshop geared toward those baby witches like broom making, magic 101 and spell making.
“The one major thing is that it’s a nature-based path of living within the cycles of the Earth,” Peshka said of witchcraft. “It doesn’t need to be religious at all. There’s no gatekeeping in our community. We’re not about to tell anybody how to practice witchcraft.”
Witches brew and witches brunch events now happen in Grand Rapids, Holland, Muskegon, Kalamazoo, Allegan, Lowell, Alma, St. Joseph and Big Rapids.
Many of the witches brew locations are in the heart of the West Michigan Bible Belt, which Peshka said was a surprise to the group’s founding members.
The Witches of West Michigan sell coffee mugs, T-shirts and other items with witchy logos.
“We’ve discovered that strangely enough, there are concentrations of witches in teeny tiny conservative towns,” she said. “It’s interesting going through our Facebook analytics and it’s places they must have burned the witches ages ago.”
Posts in the Witches of West Michigan Facebook group range from funny witchy memes to asking for advice on creating spells to crowdsourcing where to find supplies like herbs or crystals.
“Eighty to 90 percent of folks are really new to all this and having seasoned witches as a resource is really where we shine,” Peshka said.
Members of the Witches of West Michigan group participate in a broom making workshop. (Photo provided by Katrina Peshka)
Anyone interested in the Witches of West Michigan is welcome to attend its upcoming Samhain festival taking place 10 a.m-4 p.m. Oct. 23 at Little Space Studio in Grand Rapids.
The festival will include an eclectic group of vendors, book sellers, tarot card readers, a workshop on communicating with the dead and a two-hour, witch-themed drag show. Tickets are $33 and can be purchased online at eventbrite.com.
Other holidays celebrated by the witches include Yule (winter solstice), Ostara (spring equinox) and Midsummer (summer solstice). For Midsummer celebrations next June, the group is renting out an entire campground for a weekend.
“The fact that it is a place we can have these events, to have that community, it’s overwhelming,” Franke said. “When you give somebody a safe space, even if it’s just online, they can live their true lives.”
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It is believed that these cursed individuals are doomed to wander the earth, forever tormented by the curse they brought upon themselves. In some stories, it is said that those afflicted by the curse can only be free from its grip if certain conditions are met, such as finding a rare antidote or appeasing the spirits that placed the curse. The curse of tooth and claw has captivated the imaginations of storytellers and artists throughout history. It serves as a cautionary tale, reminding us of the consequences of our actions and the importance of living in harmony with the natural and supernatural world. Whether believed to be real or merely a creation of folklore, the curse of tooth and claw continues to leave a lasting impression on those who encounter its tales..
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