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The trial of "Hans the Werewolf" is a typical example of the combined werewolf and witch trials, which dominated witch hunts in Livonia. In 1651, Hans was brought before the court in Idavere accused of being a werewolf at the age of eighteen. He had confessed that he had hunted as a werewolf for two years.
Gardinn was judged guilty of witchcraft for being a werewolf, and was sentenced to burning at the stake by a Dutch court in Limburg. [1] The execution took place in either Heusden or in Maastricht. His alleged accomplice Jan Le Loup left the parish, was apprehended two years later, and executed as well.
The Slavic languages share a term for "werewolf" derived from the Common Slavic vuko-dlak, meaning "wolf-furr". The wolf as a mythological creature plays an important role in Balkan and Serbian mythology and cults. [34] [35] In the Slavic and old Serbian religion and mythology, the wolf was used as a totem. [36]
The werewolf trials. While most people know of the witch trials that took place in Europe and in the American colonies (including Salem, Massachusetts) during the 1500's and 1600's, few are aware ...
Thiess claimed to be a werewolf, although he asserted that in doing so he served God rather than the Devil, in contrast to common werewolf beliefs of the time. Thiess of Kaltenbrunn (Kniedini) , also spelled Thies , and commonly referred to as the Livonian werewolf , was a Livonian man who was put on trial for heresy in Jürgensburg , Swedish ...
In folklore, a silver bullet is often one of the few weapons that are effective against a werewolf, vampire, witch, or other supernatural beings. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The term silver bullet is also a metaphor for a simple, seemingly magical, solution to a difficult problem: for example, penicillin c. 1930 was a "silver bullet" that allowed doctors to ...
The History of Witchcraft and Demonology (1926); translation of the Malleus Maleficarum (1928); The Vampire: His Kith and Kin (1928); The Werewolf (1933) Augustus Montague Summers (10 April 1880 – 10 August 1948) was an English author, clergyman, and teacher.
The eastern werewolf-vampire is found in the folklore of Central and Eastern Europe, including Hungary, Romania and the Balkans, while the western werewolf-sorcerer is found in France, German-speaking Europe and in the Baltic. Woodcut of a werewolf attack by Lucas Cranach der Ältere, 1512. Being a werewolf was a common accusation in witch trials.