theheadlesshashasheen: “And about a day or two after that, there appeared unto him in his way

theheadlesshashasheen:

“And about a day or two after that, there appeared unto him in his way, a thing like unto a black dog, who put him in mind of the said Mistress Towneley’s falling out with him; who bad him make a picture of clay, like unto the said Mistress Towneley: and that he with the help of his spirit (who then ever after bid him to call it Dandy) would kill or destroy the said Mistress Towneley: and so the said dog vanished out of his sight.”
-The Confession of James Device.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh duh. 16th-17th century Witch manual folksy woodcut-style art (probably linocut in practice) for Goddesses that sort of mutated into saints or folk legends or got associated with Witches somewhere in there e.g. Walpurga or Her ilk