#three witches
Here are some of my recent fantasy inspired pieces, not shared on Tumblr before. Spooky landscapes are my new favourite thing, apparently.
Lmao, I have no idea what’s with the group of three people theme, I just noticed that :D Three is a pretty good number, I guess ;)
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5- The Weird Sisters (Shakespeare’s Macbeth).
These three witches are really the be-all and end-all of witch iconography. As witches and prophets, the Three Witches are highly reminiscent of both the Graeae and the Moirai (#64), and have defined witch-tropes and themes for centuries. Throughout this series, I have identified several triads of witches and posited either the Graeae or the Moirai as their predecessors, but in many ways it is the Weird Sisters who continued this legacy into the modern era. (Charmed #67, the Sanderson Sisters #25, the Witches of Eastwick #83, etc.). As prophets, the sisters foretold Macbeth’s rise and fall, setting him on a crash course with his own morbid destiny. In this way, they echo the ancient Fates, while also formulating their own version of the Triple Goddess. Where would modern witchcraft be without the classic “double, double, toil and trouble”, an incantation often repeated in television and film whenever a group of witches brew above their cauldrons. Speak not of their master, however, as she is yet to come in my series.
The three witches - Macbeth
“Fair is foul and foul is fair”
“Something wicked this way comes.”
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