#Strega Nona

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Illustration: Tomie dePaola

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US 2023 Tomie dePaola, children's author

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Sometimes I wish there was a resource where it was like "Select a magic user from your fave media and we'll list all the books you should read/videos to watch to learn the level of knowledge and path they're on"

with a submission section you can submit characters and they can add them after review

bc yeah I know each path is specific to the witch but it'd be great to have such a direct studying source with vetted sources

Strega Nona? Boom a list of green witch, kitchen witch, familiars, and folk magic resources

John Constantine? Bam a list of resources of demonology, classic sigilcraft, the Old Gods, spirits and hauntings, protection magic

Sally or Gillian Owens from Practical Magic? Protection spells, hexes, love spells, graveyard craft, covens, ancestral magic, general witchcraft basics

Kiki from Kiki's Delivery Service? Familiars, kitchen witch, ocean witch, folk magic, forest magic, herbology, potions, tarot, love magic

Just overall magic that's been shown in the media overall or directly what the character knows, there are soooo many more but like this was just off the top of my head

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With love to Strega Nona!

[sassafrasmoonshine]

Strega Nona (based on an old fairy tale) written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola • 1975 • Prentice Hall, New Jersey, publisher

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[muppet-facts]

Muppet Fact #961

On Mrs. Bush’s Story Time, Count von Count read Strega Nona, Elmo read The Adventures of Frog and Toad, Big Bird read Arthur Meets the President, Oscar the Grouch read Gregory, the Terrible Eater, and Grover read Doctor De Soto.

Source:

Mrs. Bush’s Story Time. Muppet Wiki.

[oldhagtournament]

Propaganda under the cut

Majo Rika

stingy, selfish, awfully blunt and greedy to a fault---she's the perfect hag as far as i'm concerned. her attitude is not helped by the fact that she had to transform to a frog due to a curse in the witch world that dictates all witches exposed by a human are to turn into frogs, and take on said human as an apprentice until they're powerful enough to revert their master back to her original form. as recompense she makes the girls responsible for her turning work at her magic shop on her behalf and tears them a new one if they fail to make her that 👏 Bread 👏. however, with time they gain a soft spot in her heart and she starts treating them like her own daughters which is super sweet... about time we had an old lady Mentor character who slowly builds her own found family

she also has her own fairy who keeps sassing her and it's kinda fruity ngl,,, i mean their world /is/ made up entirely of women so..

Strega Nona

Old spaghetti witch owns my heart

Unlimited spaghetti!

[kidlit-queen-competition]

Round 1 poll 19: Ella from Ella Enchanted vs Strega Nona

Propaganda under the cut:

Ella:

Ella is cursed to be obedient, forcing her to follow any command given to her. Despite this, she strives to find ways around the curse or cause problems for those who make commands. She’s also a budding linguistic, learning multiple languages on her journey. Furthermore, Ella's curse serves as a metaphor for the lack of autonomy children experience in society, often being made to do things beyond their control because adults in their lives dictate it so. Clearly, a strong contender in the race!

Cursed with obedience, Ella will stretch her limits and find any loophole to disobey orders, and in the end it is her indomitable spirit and deep love that enables her to break her own curse. She is also clever, funny, incredibly gifted with languages, and has a heart for justice.

[serious-goose]

an unlimited pasta pot, dubious matchmaking services, AND the ability to cure warts?

damn strega nona had it all figured out. fuck cottagecore, i wanna cultivate a pasta based witch aesthetic.

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[intrepidbeans]

My Neverafter OC, Strega Mammina. A martial cleric of Big Anthony, she wields the pasta boiled in her enchanted cauldron as if it were a whip. "The one thing you must never do...is touch the pasta pot"

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Credit: Tomie dePaola

[thedman0310]

Totally forgot I made this. I will be taking NO criticism

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me making pasta for my friends (i have been banned from american schools for promoting witchcraft)