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A Venefica was a Roman sorceress who used drugs, potions, and poison for several reasons. Venefica means "a female who poisons" in Latin. The word appears in Roman authors such as Cicero and Horace. Ovid uses it of Medea the sorceress in his Metamorphoses. Later it appears in one of Sir Francis Bacon's Essays,"Of Friendship" in the following lines:
Died of suppressed gout, ending in erysipelas, an abscess and fever. Her 17 ill-fated pregnancies perhaps ravaged her body. George I: House of Hanover 28 May 1660 1714–1727 11 June 1727 Stroke: George II: 10 November 1683 1727–1760 25 October 1760 Aortic dissection while on the toilet: George III: 4 June 1738 1760–1820
Compendium Maleficarum is a witch-hunter's manual written in Latin by Francesco Maria Guazzo, and published in Milan (present-day Italy) in 1608. [1]It discusses witches' pacts with the devil, and detailed descriptions of witches’ powers and poisons.
Witchcraft is the use of alleged supernatural powers of magic.A witch is a practitioner of witchcraft. Traditionally, "witchcraft" means the use of magic or supernatural powers to inflict harm or misfortune on others, and this remains the most common and widespread meaning. [1]
Her books include biographies, social histories, art history and travel writing: Bitten by Witch Fever, Thames & Hudson, 2016; Charles Dickens and his Circle, NPG, 2016; A London Treasury, Andre Deutsch, 2015; Queen Victoria’s Mysterious Daughter: A Biography of Princess Louise, Thomas Dunne (NYC) 2015; A Victorian Treasury, Andre Deutsch ...
The Carthage, Mississippi, native averaged 7.5 points and 3.2 rebounds over the course of her Fever career as a part-time starter. She started 14 games in 2023, averaging 5.2 points and 3.1 rebounds.
Modern academic historians of witch-hunts generally consider medical explanations unsatisfactory [citation needed] in explaining the phenomenon and tend to believe the accusers in Salem were motivated by social factors — jealousy, spite, or a need for attention — and that the extreme behaviors exhibited were "counterfeit ...
The Three Witches, also known as the Weird Sisters, Weyward Sisters or Wayward Sisters, are characters in William Shakespeare's play Macbeth (c. 1603–1607). The witches eventually lead Macbeth to his demise, and they hold a striking resemblance to the three Fates of classical mythology.