Arouse me, Mr. Broomstick
Ever wonder why witches ride broomsticks? The answer is stranger than you can imagine. (And Asa and I can imagine a lot.) Here's The Straight Dope.
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January 2007: Sweet fancy Moses, Alex got engaged! Also, alphabet.
1 Comments:
At least the guy admits it's "scant underpinning for a mighty far-fetched theory."
I always heard that in Rome, the goddess Hecate was symbolized by a broom (for her domestic and marriage-type role) and she was supposed to sweep the house after a birth to get rid of any bad luck that might harm the baby. People would traditionally jump over a broom at weddings. Hecate later became the patron of witches.
Also, this book I have says the broom came to symbolize tantric sex (that dildo aspect again, I guess), which had something to do with paganism at the time.
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