Editing Witchcraft (section)

== Minor spellcraft ==

=== Worship rites ===

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''"Howling wind blows''<br>
''The heavy snows,''<br>
''The drifts pile all around.''<br>
''And through the night''<br>
''All wrapped in white''<br>
''My family sleeps sound."''<br>
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The walker is able to perform a rite of worship for the local spirit or seita at its sacred stone, tree, or other landmark. They are usually happy with very few gifts (bread, berries or pieces of meat are typically sufficient). If the seita is satisfied with the walker's actions, i.e. he has not violated the laws of the seita, for example by hunting or fishing too much, and has otherwise acted respecting both nature and the seita, the walker learns the seita's special ability temporarily. Seita's ability is usually related to hunting, fishing, or moving about in the province of the seita. With this power of spellcraft, some are known to have dreamed themselves into the spirit lands (or "to befall" as the Gaesati calls it).


=== Worship ceremony ===

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''"Our grey mothers rise from their tombs''<br>
''Each with bear spear in hand''<br>
''They ride their ghostly mounts of white''<br>
''Into the border land."''<br>
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The worship ceremony of the ancestral pre-mothers are very similar to the worship expenses of the seita. The worship ceremonies of the ancestral pre-mothers are usually performed on small altars reserved for them, and these ancestral spirits favor as worshipers those who are members of the pre-mother's own family lineage. Some worshipers also carry with them some part of their ancestral pre-mother's body, such as a small part of her ashes or, for example, a carefully preserved and engraved piece of femur. The bearer of such an object can carry out the worship ceremonies of his ancestral spirit anywhere.

The ancestral spirit expects her offspring to nurture the customs and traditions of her family lineage and to defend her family in the best possible way in both words and deeds. If the ancestral spirit is pleased with her worshiper, she gives him some of her abilities in exchange for spell points. The ability given by the ancestral spirit is one of those that she became known for while living. With this power of spellcraft, some are known to have dreamed themselves into the halls of the dead, wherein the ancestral spirits await for this eventuality.


=== Spirit animal ===


The walker has an animal spirit that advises and helps him in difficult places. The walker can also take on the essence of his spirit animal making him become more like his spirit animal for a while. The walker summoning the spirit of the wolf gets a better sense of smell and at the same time quite a lust for the flesh, while the one asking for help from the spirit of the hare is able to sneak away at a wild pace while being very afraid of the smell of the fox.

A walker can only have the essence of one spirit animal on him at any time.