(pronounced a-THOM-ay, A-tham-ay [A as in cat], and sometimes a-THAL-may or a-THAK-may) A double-edged knife, often black handled, used by Witches in ritual. Many traditions forbid using the athame to cut any physical object.
AH-tha-may] The ritual knife often associated with the element of air and the direction of east, thought some traditions attribute it to fire and the south. The handle is traditionally black or of natural wood.
A ritual knife used in magickal practices to direct the energy of the spellcaster or to perform symbolic 'cutting' or other rituals.
A witches black handled ritual knife. It is never used to cut anything. It is used to direct energy and occasionally to scribe runes and other symbols into candles. It is also used to dip into water to represent the union of the Goddess and the God in the great rite. The Magick knife.
(probably a made-up word, pron. aTHAHmay) A special knife used in Wiccan ritual, typically used to inscribe the circle and to cut openings between one world and another.
A ritual knife, usually with a black handle. The tool of the South, associated with the Tarot suit swords, and (in the Braided Wheel Tradition) the element Fire.
A Wiccan Ritual knife. It may possess a double-edged blade and a black handle. The Athame is used to direct Personal Power during ritual workings. It is seldom used for actual, physical cutting. The term is of obscure origin; has a variety of spellings among Wiccans, and an even greater variety of pronunciations. British and American east-coast Wiccans may pronounce it as "ah-THAM-ee" (to rhyme with "whammy"); Or it may be pronounced "ATH-ah-may" or also "Adh-THAW-may."
(Ah-THAM-ee) A double-bladed, black-handled knife used much like a wand, to direct energy. It is not used to cut anything on the physical plane.
A ceremonial object usually used to focus energy. Most frequently a black-handled knife, but other objects may be used. Generally will only be used by it's owner.
Black-handled, twin bladed knife used in ritual. It represents fire.
A ritual knife with a double-edged blade and often with a black handle, used by Witches (and other practitioners of the magickal arts) to cast magick circles and to store and direct energy during rituals. It is never used for actual cutting, and is a personal tool.
A ritual dagger with a double-edged blade, used by Witches to draw their magic circles and to store and direct energy during magical rituals. It is interchangeable with the magic sword. It is never used for drawing blood of any kind. It is never used for actual cutting of anything. The only traditional exception to this rule being a handfasting cake. Corresponds with the element Air.
A double bladed ritual knife with a black handle. Used to direct power during ritual workings. Never used for physical cutting.
(Variously pronounced Ah-tha-may, Ah-thay-me, ah-thahm, Atha-may): the Witch's Sacred Knife; a knife consecrated for ritual use; often black-handled, double-edged; one of the Four Witch's Tools
A ritual knife, typically with a black handle. This is not used as a cutting tool, but instead is used to direct energy.
a ceremonial knife that Witches use
a ritual knife that is used in various magickal workings
a sine qua non for ritual focus
a very special and sanctified blade used for different aspects of ritual and magic on the non-earthly planes
a witch's personal magical knife
(ATH-aah-may): The ritual knife associated with the element of air and the direction of east. Originally the athame was black-handled, but modern Pagans sometimes seek knives with hilts of wood. It is used to direct personal power during ritual workings, but seldom used for actual, physical cutting. The term is of obscure origins, with a variety of spellings and pronunciations. In Ireland, it is referred to as the scian.
A double-edged dagger for ritual use.
A Wiccan Ritual knife. It may possess a double-edged blade and a blackhandle. The athame is used to direct Personal Power during ritual workings. It is seldom used for actual, physical cutting. The term is of obscure origin; has many variant spellings among Wiccans, and an even greater variety of pronunciations. British and American East Coast Wiccans may pronounce it as “Ah-THAM-ee” (to rhyme with “whammy”); I was first taught to say “ATH-ah-may” and, later, “Ah-THAW-may.
The Athame is a double-edged blade with a dark handle that is used to direct and raise energy. It does not cut anything on the physical plane. It is the tool associated with South, fire and the God.
A Wiccan ritual knife. Is used to direct personal power during ritual workings and seldom if ever used for cutting.
a personal knife, usually made of steel that is double bladed with a black handle. The double edge symbolizes that power works both ways. Light and Dark. The handle is black because black absorbs power. This knife it not used for cutting, it is used only to direct power.
The witch's black-handled knife. Its use is purely ritual (for which purposes it is interchangeable with the Sword) and it is never used for actual cutting (cf. White-handled Knife). It is always a personal tool, belonging to one witch.
A Wiccan ritual knife. It usually has a double-edged blade. It represents the God on the altar and is seldom used for actual, physical cutting. The athame is used to direct Personal Power during Ritual workings.
A traditional athame can be described as a double-edged, dull knife with a black handle (although many modern athames have sharp blades and come in a variety of colored handles, which is also perfectly fine). Usually, an athame is not used for cutting purposes, but rather to direct the energy that was raised in rites and spells towards a specific goal. Some Wiccans may engrave either the blade or the handle with special symbols or runes, although this is not necessary. A commanding instrument of power manipulation, an athame is a tool that causes change. Its phallic nature links it to the God, and in turn associates it with the element of fire.
ceremonial knife that can be used to delineate sacred space.
(pronounced: ah-thah-mee) ritual dagger
Ritual knife used in Wiccan ceremonies to direct energy or carve items such as candles. Never used to draw blood.
A wiccan ritual knife. Usually double edged blade with a black handle. Used to direct personal power during ritual working.
("ah- thay-mee") the Witch's sacred magickal knife; in Traditional Wicca, it is black-hilted and double-edged, with the Signs used in its consecration generally painted or inscribed on the hilt; the Elemental Tool of Air, or in some Traditions of Fire
a ceremonial knife used as an altar tool but rarely actually used as a "working" tool (in other words, rarely used for actual cutting). Depending on the tradition you follow, the athame can represent East (air) or South (fire). I use my athame to represent the South (metal forged in fire). Since the athame is one of the major altar tools, you should choose one carefully.
A cleansed and consecrated ceremonial knife used in ritual work by Witches. The knife is never used for blood-letting, and rarely used for cutting anything an the material plane.
A ceremonial double-sided dagger used to represent the balance of all things. The blade is often etched with magikal symbols specific to the owner.
The ritual blade of a Gwyddon, black-hilted and double edged Book of Shadows: The book of oathbound rituals and lore of the Celtic Traditionalist Gwyddonaid, which is hand copied by each new Gwyddon/Gwiddon
(ath-ah-may): The ritual tool associated with the element of air and the direction of the east. Used to direct personal power during ritual workings.
a short ceremonial knife, sometimes with a double edged blade. It is used to direct energy during the Wiccan rituals.
a knife used for working with energy. as a holy instrument it is never used for mundane tasks.
A black handled, double edged dagger. Used to invoke and devoke the guardians of the watchtowers and cast the circle, if there is no sword. A tool of the "Element" of Fire.
Ritual dagger. One of nine Working Tools. The term, so far as can be determined, was created by Gerald Gardner, although it may have been based on a similar, obscure word.
black handled, double edged dagger. Principally used to cast and dissolve the circle, for which purposes it is interchangeable with the magic sword. A tool of the "Element" of Fire in the Georgian Tradition and some others.
An athame or athamé is a ceremonial black-handled knife used in Wicca; other forms of modern witchcraft have since adopted the term for various ritual knives. It is variously pronounced /ˈæ.θə.meɪ/, /É™.ˈθeɪ.miË/, etc.