A cauldron or caldron (from Latin caldarium, hot bath) is a large metal-made pot (kettle) for cooking and/or boiling over an open fire, usually attached to a hanger with the shape of an arc. In legend, a cauldron is purported to be where leprechauns keep their treasure. In Wicca witchcraft a cauldron is often placed at the centre of a sacred circle, and used to contain items that will be set alight during a ritual. Traditionally, or in myth, a cauldron was also used by witches to prepare their potions, most notably the weird sisters in the play Macbeth. As a cooking vessel it is mostly obsolete. It may be that a predecessor of the Holy Grail legend was a cauldron. Actually, the cauldron is the place where the Olympic flame comes from the torch relay from its lightining in Olympia ruins.

See also

• Gundestrup cauldron
• Kama (Japanese tea ceremony)

External links

• Holy Grail
• A cauldron in a circle
• Cauldron - Computer game developers

Cookware and bakeware | Containers

Pebetero | Kaldrono | Ketel | 釜 | Kittel