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Witchcraft is the use of
alleged supernatural powers of magic. A
witch is a
practitioner of witchcraft. Traditionally, "witchcraft"
means the use of magic...
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amongst his wife and
three children, "except the
cubbard in the
halle the
witche in the
kytchyn which I gyve and
bequeathe to
Roger my sonne."
Amulet Apotropaic...
- "Wendelingburgh". It is
surrounded by five wells: Redwell, Hemmingwell,
Witche's Well, Lady's Well and Whytewell,
which appear on its coat of arms. Henrietta...
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Lussi from
Svarttorp in Hällestad
confessed that she had
attended the
Witche's Sabbath in Blåkulla and had **** with Satan, and
seven women were executed...
- (juvenile eel)", from
Basque angula, from Lat
anguilla "eel" (DRAE)
aquelarre "
witche's sabbath" (cf.
Basque akelarre "goat field", fr.
larre "field" and aker...
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interrogated by
torture to
confess that she had
flown on a
broomstick to the
witche's sabbath. She was then
taken to Fribourg,
where she was
sentenced to death...
- Nikclerica. She was the
niece of "Nikneveing that
notorious and
infamous witche in Monzie.” At this time, it was said "Nikneveing" or "Nik Neiving" had...
- was made to
entertain the
courtiers with
stories about witchcraft, the
witche's sabbath,
sorcery and poison. His
tenure at
court does not
appear to have...
- or six
witches to be
taken in Coupnahaven, upon su****ion that by
their witche craft they had sta**** the
Queen of
Scottes (Anne of Denmark)
voyage into...
- the
episcopal prison was
built in 1165. Some
women were
accused of
being witche and tortured. Its name
derived from "Haft" (detention). It
consisted of...
