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Nancy Evans was the subject of Ohio's only witch trial, which took place at the Bethel town square in the early 1800s.
A witch ball on display at Whitby Museum in Yorkshire. A witch ball is a hollow sphere of glass. Witch balls were hung in cottage windows in 17th- and 18th-century England to ward off evil spirits, witches, evil spells, ill fortune and bad spirits. [1] The witch ball were used to ward off evil spirits in the English counties of East Sussex and ...
Location of Medina County in Ohio. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Medina County, Ohio. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Medina County, Ohio, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for ...
The myth of the witch had a strong cultural presence in 17th century New England and, as in Europe, witchcraft was strongly associated with devil-worship. [3] About eighty people were accused of practicing witchcraft in a witch-hunt that lasted throughout New England from 1647 to 1663. Thirteen women and two men were executed. [4]
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Numerous eighteenth- and nineteenth-century accounts of random witch killings are recorded among the Chickasaw." [11]: 4-6 Witches in these communities are defined in contrast to medicine people, who are the healers and ceremonial leaders, and who provide protection against witches and witchcraft. [11]: 4-6 [12]
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Medina (/ m ə ˈ d aɪ n ə / ⓘ mə-DYNE-ə) is a city in and the county seat of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The population was 26,094 at the 2020 census . [ 5 ] It lies about 33 miles (53 km) south of Cleveland and 23 miles (37 km) west of Akron within the Cleveland metropolitan area .