It was believed in European folklore that they were associated with witches as their familiar spirits and had magical powers.
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Pierre A . Riffard defines a tutelary spirit as either the genius ( present since birth ) or a familiar spirit.
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Her admission to the use of a'familiar spirit'and association with the fairies were the main cause of her conviction and her death sentence.
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It's possible that a touch of envy accounts for the petulant, schoolmarm-ish tone that hovers on the periphery of " Familiar Spirits ."
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A biography is included in the 1938 book " Beware Familiar Spirits " by the American magician John Mulholland ( reprinted in 1979 ).
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Historian Ronald Hutton remarked that " It is quite possible that pre-Christian mythology lies behind this tradition " of a belief in familiar spirits.
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Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer . " ( [ Authorized King James Version ])
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A familiar is based on the concept of the familiar spirit or familiar animal, and serves spellcasting characters as a magical companion and servant.
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Gifford told the story of many alleged witches, including Feats, a reputed sorcerer in Elizabethan London, whose familiar spirit was a black dog named Bomelius.
