We’re diving into the witchy OGs: the Witch of Endor (who once summoned a dead king like it was her side hustle) and Mother Shipton, the Yorkshire prophetess who had thoughts about the future. Miracles? Curses? Early influencer energy? Grab your brooms — we’re judging everyone.

• Bible Odyssey – The Woman at Endor
  

• 1 Samuel 28 – Bible Gateway
  

• University of Hertfordshire – The Witch of Endor in History and Folklore
  

• Jewish Encyclopedia – Endor, The Witch of
  

• GotQuestions – Who Was the Witch of Endor?
  

• Marg Mowczko – The Witch of Endor and King Saul
  

• Wikipedia – Witch of Endor
  

• My Jewish Learning – The Witch of Endor
  

• Tandfonline – The Witch of Endor in Folklore Studie

• Mother Shipton — Wikipedia. Wikipedia
  

• Mother Shipton’s Cave — Wikipedia (petrifying well history & tourist site). Wikipedia
  

• “Mother Shipton and Her Prophesies” — Historic UK (local legend & summary). Historic UK
  

• The Prophesie of Mother Shipton in the raigne of King Henry the Eighth (Early printed edition, 1641 — EEBO entry, University of Michigan). Quod Lib.
  

• The Park / Official Mother Shipton’s Cave site (history of the Petrifying Well & tourism). Mother Shipton's Cave
  

• Atlas Obscura — Mother Shipton’s Cave and the Petrifying Well.
  

• “Divining the Witch of York: Propaganda and Prophecy” / Public Domain Review (essay on myth formation and later interpolations). Wikipedia+1
  

• Sacred-Texts / “Mother Shipton Investigated” — collected prophecies and later attributions. Internet Sacred Text Archive
  

Various archival & reprint references to early editions and Victorian additions (Google Books / AbeBooks listings for collected early editions). Google Books+1