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Medieval Europeans believed witches' feasts had no salt
Because salt resists decay, it came to stand for permanence and eternity, and medieval writers claimed the Devil hated it. Salt, they said, was always missing from the Devil's and witches' banquets.
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Original sources
- Jones, E. “The Symbolic Significance of Salt,” in Essays in Applied Psycho-Analysis. 1923. https://archive.org/details/essaysinappliedp032427mbp